Our work covers all areas of family law, with particular expertise in the following areas:
What are nesting arrangements?
A ‘nesting arrangement’ describes a situation where a separated couple takes it in turns to look after their children in the family home whilst the…
Family Law barrister, Ruth Cabeza, has recently been named Editor of the Adoptions with an international element section of the Butterworths Family Law Service (BFLS).
Ruth is a specialist family…
Ruth Cabeza was instructed by Bindmans for the Second Respondent Child, acting by his Children’s Guardian in Father v Mother & Anor [2024] EWHC 3332 (Fam); a complex international child contact dispute…
Ruth Cabeza and Mavis Amonoo-Acquah, instructed by Burgess Mee Solicitors, acted on behalf of the Applicant in (Z (Surrogacy: Step-parent Adoption), Re [2024] EWFC 20). This case has been shortlisted…
Ruth Cabeza is delighted to be attending the US Embassy in London on 26 July 2024.
Ruth will be taking part in a round table discussion concerning children issues…
Ruth Cabeza and Hannah Windmill recently visited the Birketts London office to deliver training to their Family Team on private adoption and surrogacy. Ruth and Hannah were joined by Sacha…
Ruth Cabeza was instructed by Carolina Marín Pedreño, Dawson Cornwell on behalf of the Applicant father in J & H (Jurisdiction: 1996 Hague Convention : residual domestic jurisdiction: parental responsibility jurisdiction),…
On Friday night, the Thames Valley Family Lawyers Society (TVFLS) held its much-anticipated Annual Dinner, bringing together esteemed professionals from the family law sector. Representing Harcourt Chambers, Ruth Cabeza, Jane…
Harcourt Chambers is pleased to announce that several of its King’s Counsel (KC) barristers and junior barristers have been featured in the Doyle’s Guide to Family Law London 2024. This…
Ruth was instructed by The International Family Law Group LLP for the Applicant stepfather in X v X & Anor (Time Barred Adoption) [2024] EWHC 364 (Fam). This case involved…
This case is a groundbreaking case – the first of its kind in dealing with a contested application for a stepparent adoption order from a non-biological parent to secure legal…
Ruth Cabeza instructed by Dawson Cornwell to represent the Mother in a Fact Finding hearing. The application by the Father, who resides in Lithuania, for rights of access under Art…