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Supreme Court judgment in Villiers v Villiers: statement from Mrs Villiers’ lawyers
Posted: 01/07/2020
Commenting on the successful outcome of the case on behalf of her client Mrs Emma Villiers, Jane Mitchell, family law partner at law firm Penningtons Manches Cooper said: “My client is relieved and happy with the Supreme Court’s decision. Today is the culmination of a protracted process throughout which she has remained dignified and resolute under difficult circumstances. She now asks for privacy so that she can begin to move on.
Siblings’ rights in children’s hearings: success for Penningtons Manches Cooper and 4 Paper Buildings in landmark Supreme Court case
Posted: 18/06/2020
Partner Linzi Bull and Senior Associate Tammy Knox, family solicitors at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP, acting alongside Henry Setright QC and Andrew Powell of 4 Paper Buildings, successfully represented the Safeguarder for the children in the matter of ‘XY’ in the Supreme Court, a landmark case relating to public law children proceedings in Scotland......>>
The end is in sight for divorce law reform
Posted: 12/06/2020
In our report Escaping the Labyrinth we examined divorce law in England and Wales and the state of play around the world (as at 2018). We analysed 42 jurisdictions and highlighted 21 to show the huge variety of approaches to divorce around the globe......>>
Top family lawyer joins Penningtons Manches Cooper
Posted: 20/04/2020
Leading family law specialist Amanda Andrews has joined top 50 law firm Penningtons Manches Cooper as a partner in its family practice and private wealth group. Her arrival brings the total number of family partners at the firm to 14 – the largest cohort amongst the top tier firms ranked by the leading legal directories......>>
Coronavirus: the impact on parental relocation cases and international families
Posted: 01/04/2020
The world has changed unrecognisably in the past few weeks. Whilst the National Health Service awaits an unprecedented, relentless onslaught and car manufacturers turn their hands to ventilators, international families are feeling the immediate impact of the government’s measures to slow the spread of coronavirus and ‘flatten the curve’...…>>

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