Mavis Amonoo-Acquah in X v W & Anor [2025] EWFC 25
Mavis Amonoo-Acquah, instructed by Griffiths Robinson, recently acted on behalf of the Second Respondent Child through his Children’s Guardian in X v W & Anor [2025] EWFC 25; an application for…
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 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…
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…
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…