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Children in a Legal Vacuum: International Child Abduction

Natasha Kuilak Mellersh | Posted 10.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Law, Cross Border Issues, United Nations, Cross Border Law, International Law, Forum Shopping, UN Convention on Rights of the Child, Child Rights, Family Courts, Legal Issues, Parental Child Abduction, Family Law, Child Abduction, Convention on Rights of the Child, The Hague Convention, Transnational Cooperation, UK Lifestyle News
Natasha Kuilak Mellersh

Many of us take on work or studies in a foreign country, and some of us end up having a family with someone of a different nationality. But if the relationship breaks down, this type of globally mobile lifestyle brings new challenges for the family courts. Where do you file for a divorce? What about custody and visitation? What if the custody battle turns acrimonious?

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Freedom of Speech and the Failures of the Rule of Law in the UK

John Hemming | Posted 17.09.2011 | UK
Read More: Freedom of Speech, Petition, Family Courts, Rule of Law, UK News
John Hemming

Although the media have been more focused on matters such as the private lives of Fred Goodwin and Ryan Giggs, I have been more concerned about the use of court orders to undermine the rule of law.

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Mediation and Litigants in Person is not the Silver Bullet

Richard Miller | Posted 26.10.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Family Courts, Justice Select Committee, Sound Off for Justice, Fathers for Justice, Alan Beith, Justice, David Cameron, Domestic Abuse, UK Politics News
Richard Miller

In parliament yesterday David Cameron said it was important the estimated 12,000 victims of the phone hacking are kept at the centre of the inquiries. We would agree with him and hope that he will support us in keeping the 725,000 victims of the civil cases at the centre of the current debate on legal aid.

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Cameron's Constituency Home Scene Of Fathers' Protest

PA | Posted 09.09.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Family Courts, Father's Rights, Fathers for Justice, David Cameron, UK Politics, UK Issues, UK Politics News

PRESS ASSOCIATION - A campaigner for fathers rights has started a hunger strike on the Prime Minister's doorstep. Fathers 4 Justice (F4J) founder Mat...

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