Female Genital Mutilation: Protection v Punishment
In anticipation of the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee's report into FGM, Melanie Hepworth, Solicitor at Covent Garden Family Law, calls for greater awareness of the violence threatened to thousands of girls in the UK. Melanie Hepworth, Solicitor …
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LC v RRL & Others [2014] EWFC 8
Relevant considerations include, but are not limited to, "the duration, regularity, conditions and reasons for the stay on the territory of a Member State, and the family's move to that State, the child's nationality, the place and conditions of …
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Senior family law judge asks Justice Secretary for legal aid answers
The President of the Family Division has called on Justice Secretary Chris Grayling to address legal aid issues in a recent case. In Q v Q, which involved a convicted sex offender who wanted access to his seven year old son, Sir James Munby adjourned …
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