Child Law

Children in Scotland cannot be disinherited by their parents. Children of the deceased have always had a basic level of protection from the law, for moral and social reasons. This means that even if a child is not named as a beneficiary in a parent’s will, they still have a right to the estate, which…

Transnational Child Abduction Matters that the Hague Convention does not Cover Family lawyers have significant experience providing clients with counsel regarding the ‘Hague Convention’ (The Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction). However, in recent years, our clientele has become more frequently concerned with the ramifications of children being abducted from non-signatory countries…