older parents
Isabelle James

Surrogacy Law for Older Parents

International surrogacy, older parents and future implications for a child At Osbornes Law, the family team specialises in both international...

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Surrogacy
Isabelle James

The Risks of International Surrogacy: A Cautionary Message

The risks of international surrogacy and the importance of getting legal advice At Osbornes Law, the family solicitors are specialists...

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children on balcony
Naomi Angell

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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children in wellies
Naomi Angell

A High Bar For Challenging Adoption Orders

Challenging adoption orders Adoption orders bring considerable implications for all the parties and judges do not make such orders lightly....

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Nikita Shah

Nikita Shah

Nikita joined Osbornes in November 2023. She initially graduated with an LLB (Hons) from the University of Kent in 2021 and then...

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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’)...

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adoption
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...

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Adoption by Relatives

Placing children with relatives Placing children permanently with relatives is generally recognised as the next best option if a child...

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Adoption from Care

How we can help with adoption from foster care Since the Adoption and Children Act 2002, the main decision about adoption...

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Children to be Adopted Abroad

Local authorities have duties to investigate and consider permanent placements for children with relatives, where remaining with birth parents is...

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