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Rachel Shewan Morton Fraser

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2012 sees rise in adoption numbers *

United Kingdom - October 1 2012
From April 2011 to March 2012 there has been a 12% rise in the number of children adopted from care in England and Wales.


Looking into the past *

United Kingdom - May 25 2012
Lord Tyre’s recent decision in [2012] CSOH 21 (3 February 2012) is interesting in relation to the sometimes unpredictable issue of unequal division of matrimonial property.


Response to claim of “unnecessary adoptions” *

United Kingdom - December 15 2011
This week John Hemming, Liberal Democrat MP, is reported to have claimed that up to 1,000 children a year in England are being adopted for the “wrong reasons” and should stay with their families. 


International adoption *

United Kingdom - September 14 2011
Last week’s two-parter on the BBC on international adoption, featuring previous Apprentice candidate Saira Khan, went some way to dispel the myths regarding adopting abroad caused by high-profile celebrity adoptive parents.