Isabelle James
Court Orders on Siblings Post-Adoption Contact
Principles of Post-Adoption Contact The principles that govern a child’s post-adoption contact with his or her birth family have...
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Isabelle James
Post-Adoption Contact With Birth Parent: Not If Adopters...
Post-Adoption Contact With Birth Parent It is not uncommon for a birth parent to seek direct contact with an adopted...
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Isabelle James
Can an Adoption Order Be Overturned?
For many birth parents, the making of an adoption order feels devastating — a permanent severing of the legal relationship with...
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Re (Adoption – Surrogacy) [2024] EWFC 41
Introduction The family team represented the applicants in the case of Re (Adoption – Surrogacy) [2024] EWFC 41 in their successful application for...
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Isabelle James
Declaration of parentage after mistake at register office
Recently in the news has been the outcome of the case of Osborne & Anor v Cambridgeshire County Council [2022] EWHC 1982 (...
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Isabelle James
New strategy to make fertility treatment more accessible
In July 2022, the Department of Health for England released its strategy aimed at improving Women’s Health. While women represent 51%...
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Isabelle James
Proposed Changes to Gamete Donor Anonymity Laws in...
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) recommended changes in November 2023 to the law surrounding gamete donor anonymity in the...
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