Children: Forewarned is forearmed

Clarke Willmott LLP | Family Law Journal | December 2020/January 2021 #199
Sarah Wood-Heath highlights the value of pre-conception agreements and the weight that will be given to such agreements by the courts The real benefit of preparing a pre-conception agreement is the value it holds in ensuring that all involved are aware of each other’s legal status, rights and responsibilities in advance of conception. Choosing to …

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Surrogacy: Welfare first

Setfords Solicitors | Family Law Journal | June 2018 #177
Jeremy Ford reviews recent developments and proposed reforms to the law relating to surrogacy ‘The only governing principle remains the paramountcy of the child’s welfare with particular consideration to be given to the part each adult can play in the child’s life.’ While litigated surrogacy arrangements remain relatively rare, case law all too often reflects …

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Private Children: A modern family

Bennett Griffin | Family Law Journal | October 2015 #150
Richard Adams highlights the need for the law to accommodate less traditional family arrangements in children cases ‘From time to time there has to be a recognition that there are people in the life of a child, who do not have a biological relationship, who can nonetheless be very important indeed to the child.’The past …

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