Margaret Styles in Coventry City Council v XX & Ors [2024] EWFC 249 (B)
Margaret Styles, instructed by Simon Jones of Penman’s, represented the child by her guardian in Coventry City Council v XX & Ors [2024] EWFC 249 (B); proceedings for care and…
Simon Miller, Stephen Crispin and Adam Kayani in D-S (A Child: Adoption or Fostering) [2024] EWCA Civ 948
Simon Miller, instructed by Fort Solicitors, led Adam Kayani (acting pro bono) represented the Respondent Mother. Stephen Crispin, instructed by Griffiths Robertson Solicitors, represented the Respondent Father and was led…
We are delighted to have been involved in a shortlisted case at the LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2024
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 joins the US Embassy for a round table discussion on children issues
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…
Andrew Leong in Local Authority v Mother & Ors [2024] EWFC 158 (B)
Andrew Leong acted for a local authority in Local Authority v Mother & Ors [2024] EWFC 158 (B); Care proceedings concerning one year-old child, issued following concerns over the impact of…
Oliver Powell in E (a child) (Care and Placement Orders) [2024] EWFC 170 (B)
Oliver Powell was instructed by Oxford Law Group to represent the Third Respondent child by their Child’s Guardian in E (a child) (Care and Placement Orders) [2024] EWFC 170 (B).
These…
Ruth Cabeza and Hannah Windmill provide adoption and surrogacy training in London
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…
Aidan Vine KC in H and J (Placement Orders) [2024] EWCA Civ 429
Aidan Vine KC led Carolyn Bland of Deans Court Chambers in H and J (Placement Orders) [2024] EWCA Civ 429; an appeal by mother against placement orders made in respect of…
David Marusza in Re C (A Child) (Adoption by Foster Carers) [2024] EWFC 87
David Marusza, instructed by Siobhan Murray of Reeds solicitors, appeared for the Father in Re C (A Child) (Adoption by Foster Carers) [2024] EWFC 87 in a final hearing before Mr Richard Harrison…
Edward Bennett appeared in an important international surrogacy case concerning the interrelationship between the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 and the Adoption and Children Act 2002
Re AB (A Child) [2024] EWHC 586 (Fam) concerned a child born through surrogacy in the USA. The parents sought to establish their child’s interest as beneficiary of family trusts…
Court of Appeal provides guidance on the application of s.31(3A-B) CA89 and primacy of the ACA 2002 welfare checklist in care proceedings where care plan is one of placement for adoption
In Re J (Care Plan for Adoption) [2024] EWCA Civ 265 Jonathan Sampson KC, leading Vicky Reynolds, was instructed by Shazia Rana of Duncan Lewis Solicitors for the Appellant mother…
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…