July 9, 2015

How to deal with international child custody concerns

By Kate Banerjee, partner and head of the Children’s Department The rise in parental child abductions – where a mum or dad snatches their own child – continues unabated. Last year the Foreign Office dealt with nearly 500 cases – almost double the figure in 2005 –  and, according to a recent BBC programme, a […]

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