Practice Area: Public Law Children

Elizabeth Isaacs QC and Adem Muzaffer secure declaration of incompatibility in landmark surrogacy case

UK’s top family judge declares that UK law should give single parents through surrogacy the same rights as couples. Sir James Munby, the President of the High Court Family Division, has made a formal... Continue Reading

Surrogacy law to be reviewed by the Law Commission following recent decision in Re Z by Elizabeth Isaacs QC and Adem Muzaffer

Surrogate Motherhood:Written question – HL218 Department of Health Surrogate Motherhood – HL218 Q: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on... Continue Reading

Navigating a minefield: adoption applications and conditional adoption orders by Matthew Maynard

Re W [2015] EWCA Civ 403 [FLR awaited] is required reading for public law practitioners, who may require some assistance in navigating the often tricky area of applications to revoke placement orders, or a... Continue Reading