T v B [2010] EWHC 1444 (Fam)

Relationships: Life on the edge?

Emily Brand asks whether there should be legal reform to protect the rights of ‘throuples’ The idea of a throuple could be a sign of things to come as gender roles and expectations become more fluid and surrogacy becomes increasingly widespread. The idea of the ‘couple’ is deeply embedded in Judeo-Christian culture, starting with Adam …

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Children: Three’s a crowd?

Richard Adams finds that the welfare of the child remains paramount even in cases involving ‘alternative families’ ‘There has been little consensus in the courts as to how to define and treat the various adults involved in the conception and care of children born to “alternative families”.’ Few will have missed the recent coverage in …

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Same-Sex Parenting: Parenting paradoxes

Meredith Thompso n investigates the evolving, and slightly contradictory, position of same-sex parents ‘The European Court of Human Rights has stated that a Member State must be able to point to particularly convincing and weighty reasons to justify a difference in treatment between heterosexual and homosexual people.’Although, at the time of writing, we still await …

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