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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...

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...

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...

Maria Kitsiou

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...

Isabelle James

Public Law Working Group Interim Report on Adoption...

Time for change? A recent interim report has been published by the Public Law Working Group Adoption Sub-Group (‘the Group’)...

Isabelle James

What if my partner predeceases me before we...

A review of a recent case concerning consent during fertility treatment. When going through fertility treatment as a couple, it...

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 (...

Artificial insemination illustration, blue background.

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%...

Isabelle James

Proposed Changes to Gamete Donor Anonymity Laws in...

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has proposed changes to the law surrounding gamete donor anonymity in the UK....

Isabelle James

Birth parent fails to overturn adoption order

Most adoption applications go through smoothly and it is only in the minority of cases that birth parents seek to...