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Children • 17 Oct 2025

Recognition of Foreign Adoption Orders

Foreign adoptions that fall outside the Hague Convention or overseas adoption frameworks can still be recognised in the UK. Families may apply to the High Court for recognition under common law and then seek a declaration under the Family Law Act 1986. Our specialist adoption solicitors guide clients through every stage of this complex legal process.

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Domestic Violence • 13 Aug 2018

New Zealand introduces domestic violence leave

New Zealand MP, Jan Logie, initially proposed a new bill that introduced paid employment leave for victims of domestic violence in December 2016...

Family Law News • 9 Jul 2018

Supreme Court decides law on civil partnerships is incompatible with European Convention on Human Rights

On 27th June 2018 the Supreme Court unanimously decided that the UK’s law on civil partnerships was incompatible with Article 14...

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