Family Law in the News

Beverley Addison / January 10, 2018

Surrogacy Costs Awarded to Patient Who Lost Fertility Through Negligent Cancer Treatment

An interesting personal injury case emerged recently which included an award of damages for the cost of future surrogacy arrangements to a patient who lost her fertility due to negligent NHS cancer treatment.

Beverley Addison / December 15, 2017

Surrogacy Reform Announced by the Law Commission

Surrogacy has been announced by the Law Commission as one of the areas of outdated law to be tackled in its’ 13th Programme of Reform. This is huge news for campaigners and lawyers who have experienced first-hand the unfairness and heartache often caused by the current, outdated, legal position.

Lesley Gordon / January 15, 2016

Oh what a tangled web we weave….

This week’s blog looks at a recent case rejected by the Court of Criminal Appeal. The case involved a couple convicted of fraud after they were found to have invented a web of lies in an attempt to deceive a father into believing that a child was not his.

Lesley Gordon / September 26, 2014

Separating families: maintaining contact with the kids

We discusses the importance of fathers having involvement in their children’s lives and how to maintain this when families separate.

Kirsty McGuinness / August 29, 2014

Comment on Rotherham Child Abuse Scandal

With the shocking news that 1400 children are thought to have been abused in Rotherham we discuss Scotland’s systems – can they prevent a similar scandal here?

Lesley Gordon / August 13, 2014

Gammy’s story

Gammy’s story in Thailand throws a spotlight onto the practice of Surrogacy and may prompt calls for Surrogacy Laws to be reconsidered.

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Lesley Gordon / August 8, 2014

“…. but she still won’t let me see the children”

Unhappily, we sometimes come across parents who are at war over their children even to the extent that the parent with the residence of the children refuses to obey a court order to allow the other parent to see them. We have seen the Scottish courts take a strong stance in this regard.

BTO Family Law Team / June 13, 2014

BTO and the BBC discuss Forced Marriage

BTO’s Family Law team are again featured on the BBC, with the team being interviewed for the Scotland 2014 program that went out on Thursday 12th June, discussing the issues arising from the new law to criminalise forced marriage, that comes into effect on Monday 16 June.