Blog Post: The Shamima Begum effect: what next for the Syrian returnees?
The government’s recent introduction of a suite of new terrorism laws signals its increasingly...
Blog Post: International divorce [Part 1] – Jurisdiction
As family lawyers, we are increasingly faced with disputes involving international families who...
Blog Post: A guide to Special Custodial Sentences
Section 236A of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 introduced a new sentence for ‘offenders...
Court of Appeal’s judgment in the case THE QUEEN ON THE APPLICATION OF BALAJIGARI v SSHD (‘‘Balajigari’’)
The Court of Appeal (‘‘Court’’) in the Balajigari case heard four appeals together on 23/24th...
Police Disclosure in Family Cases
Somia Siddiq in our Family Team acted in a case which considered the difficult issue of when...
RXG – Lifelong anonymity injunction
Our client, RXG, was granted lifelong anonymity by the High Court on 29 July 2019. RXG is the...
Impact of Parental Relationships on children
The topic of single parent families has been in the news for some time now, however not much has...