Family and Matrimonial

The Family Court recently made a parental order in the names of both parents of twins born via surrogacy, despite their father having died before their birth. The mother...

The Family Court has concluded that it had no jurisdiction to hear a man’s application for an order for sale of the former matrimonial home following his ex-wife’s death, finding...

Under Section 58(5) of the Family Law Act 1986, the courts cannot make a declaration that a marriage was void at its inception. That recently proved fatal to an application...

The High Court has ruled that a three-year-old girl was not habitually resident in England and Wales and it therefore did not have jurisdiction to determine her father’s application for...

The High Court has dismissed an ex-wife’s appeal against a ruling that her former husband’s share of the home they owned together was held by his trustees in bankruptcy. ...

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against an order of the High Court that a 14-year-old boy who had remained in England after visiting his father should return...

A marriage is generally recognised in English law if it is valid under the law of the country in which it takes place, a legal principle known as lex loci...

In certain circumstances, the courts are able to grant permission for continued storage of gametes or embryos where the strict legislative requirements for consent to such storage have not been...

The Family Court has ruled in financial remedy proceedings that a significant part of the value of a husband’s pensions had accrued during the marriage, but rejected the argument that...

The High Court has ruled that two girls, aged 10 and six, whose mother brought them to the UK without their father’s consent should return to Zimbabwe. The girls...