Family Matters

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 came into force on 3rd January 2019.

A (Children)(Parental Alienation)

There had been 36 hearings over a six-year period during this dispute between the children's parents before the court embarked upon its first substantive hearing in 2017.

Treatment of Pensions on Divorce

The Pension Advisory Group has published its Guide to the Treatment of Pensions on Divorce.

Akhmedova v Akhmedov

The Pension Advisory Group has published its Guide to the Treatment of Pensions on Divorce.

R (on the application of TT) v Registrar General for England & Wales

The claimant, a female to male transgender man, had had intra-uterine insemination with donor sperm. He became pregnant and gave birth to a child. He wished to register as the child's father, or, alternatively, as its "parent". The registrar general took the view that he had to be registered as the child's mother.

Moher v Moher

Moher v Moher [2019] EWCA Civ 1482 concerned an application for a financial remedy after a 21 year marriage.

C v C

C v C [2019] UKPC 40 – Financial provision on basis of parentage upheld even where it was agreed that the appellant was not the biological parent.

And a look ahead to 2020….

The Supreme Court is expected to give judgment in the cases of Villiers v Villiers and XX (Respondent) v Whittington Hospital NHS Trust in the coming year.