As Murphy’s law gloomily states, anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Lawyers and judges are certainly not immune from making basic mistakes but, as a High Court ruling in a divorce case showed, they can usually be put right. The case concerned a couple who were married for almost 29 years and had three children prior to their …
Judges and Lawyers are Sadly Not Exempt from Murphy’s Law Read More »
Contact arrangements between children in care and their parents often raise vexed issues, but all the more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a case concerning a mother who was denied skin-to-skin contact with her newborn baby, however, the High Court bent every sinew to achieve a just and practical resolution. The mother suffered from an emotionally unstable personality disorder …
COVID-19 – Troubled Mother Permitted Skin-to-Skin Contact with Her Baby Read More »
A parent who wishes to move from one country to another with his or her child must first obtain the consent of the parent left behind. That principle of international law is easily stated but, as a guideline Court of Appeal ruling showed, applying it in a way that protects the child’s welfare is often a much more complicated matter. …
Cross-Border Child Abduction and Habitual Residence – Guideline Ruling Read More »
