Ruth Cabeza in X v X & Anor (Time Barred Adoption) [2024] EWHC 364 (Fam)
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…
Ruth Cabeza and Mavis Amonoo-Acquah, instructed on a pro bono basis by Natalie Sutherland and Shaili Gohil-Desai at Burgess Mee, represented the First and Second Applicant in Re: Z (Surrogacy: Step-parent Adoption) [2024] EWFC 20 (30 January 2024)
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 in V (Article 21 of the 1980 Hague Convention – fact finding), Re [2023] EWHC 2983 (Fam) (14 August 2023)
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…
Aidan Vine KC wins Family Law KC of the Year at this year’s LexisNexis Family Law awards
We are delighted to announce that Aidan Vine KC has won the Family Law KC of the Year Award at this year’s LexisNexis Family Law awards, for being an outstanding advocate…
We are delighted to announce that Harcourt Chambers and several of our members have been selected as finalists in a number of categories for the forthcoming LexisNexis Family Law Awards
Harcourt Chambers and five of our members have been shortlisted in the following seven categories:
Family Law Chambers of the Year – London
Children Law Team of the Year
Family…
Harcourt Chambers and Mills & Reeve jointly hosted surrogacy debate a marked success
Yesterday evening Ruth Cabeza, Victoria Flowers and Mavis Amonoo-Acquah, along with Colin Rogerson, Head of Fertility Law at Mills & Reeve, took part in an excellent debate on whether the house should…
Ruth Cabeza invited to speak at CIFLBA on the English approach to relocation cases
Ruth recently spoke to the English approach to relocation cases at a well-attended meeting of the Cayman Islands Family Law Bar Association (CIFLBA) https://ciflba.com.
Ruth Cabeza appointed part time Deemster for the Isle of Man
We are delighted to announce that Ruth Cabeza has been appointed part time Deemster for the Isle of Man and will sit in the island’s High Court of Justice.
YP (Adoption of 18 Year Old) [2021] EWHC 3168 (Fam) (26 November 2021)
Ruth Cabeza acted for YP, the second respondent, in a case concerning an adoption order. YP, a Swiss national now aged 18, was the subject of an application for a…
Habitual residence in the context of international adoption
Ruth Cabeza examines the issues arising in the case of Enfield London Borough Council v K and another [2021] EWFC 26 [2021] All ER (D) 134 (Mar) for Lexis Nexis.…
The test to discharge a special guardianship order (Re M (special guardianship order—leave to apply to discharge))
Ruth Cabeza considers the Court of Appeal’s clarification of the test for an application for leave to apply to discharge a special guardianship order, for Lexis Nexis.
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