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Aristide Hoang-Brown represented a mother who had been the victim of domestic abuse in various applications concerning her 2 children. He secured an order for the children to have no contact with the father, a s.91(14) order preventing the father making further applications without court permission and a specific issue order permitting the mother to exercise parental responsibility unilaterally.

Christopher Stirling will speak at the Jersey International Family Law Conference  sponsored by Corbett le Quesne on Friday 3 October. The theme of the conference is non-court dispute resolution. He will discuss the use of the civil mediation model in resolving family finance disputes.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a father’s appeal against an order allowing his ex-wife (Barry McAlinden’s client) to relocate with the parties’ 2 children to a non-Hague convention country. This is the 1st case in the Court of Appeal to consider the interplay of Practice Direction 12J and relocation.

Dr Martina van der Leij, led by Anna McKenna KC, acted for a mother in care proceedings concerning 3 children who had contracted gonorrhoea while in their mother’s care. Using her microbiology research background, Martina analysed the medical records and assisted in drafting detailed questions to experts to crystallise the issues in dispute. The court ruled that the children be returned to their mother’s care.