Why the best law firms are making compliance a strategic advantage
For many law firms, compliance is still viewed as a regulatory obligation rather than a driver of business success. As firms face increasing scrutiny, rapid technological change and growing client expectations, that mindset is becoming increasingly outdated. For episode 25 of Osprey Approach’s Empowering Law Firm Leaders podcast, Eloise Butterworth, head of risk and compliance at Hive […]
Court of Appeal rejects local authority adoption bid
Care and placement orders made by the Family Court on the application of a local authority and supported by the children’s guardian have been overturned by the Court of Appeal. In a case which Lord Justice Peter Jackson said had “somewhat unusual features”, children aged four and one had been made the subject of care […]
Sarah Sackman pledges to enhance legal aid in retained ministerial role
Following the flurry of high-profile cabinet appointments made by Andy Burnham, Sarah Sackman’s re-appointment as minister received more muted attention. The MP for Finchley and Golders Green remains in post as a minister of state the Ministry of Justice and has pledged to enhance legal aid and access to justice. Commenting on her re-appointment in […]
Paying a surrogate: reconciling public policy with a child’s welfare
During Surrogacy Awareness Week (1st-7th August), Stowe Family Law partner Gemma Davison explores the recent High Court judgment in A&B vs C&D, which examined the conflict between public policy and parental orders in international surrogacy cases where commercial surrogacy arrangements have been used. Commercial surrogacy in the UK is illegal on the basis it […]