Rob George
Biographic Data
| ID | 4443216 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rob George |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rob |
| FAMILY NAME | George |
| SIGNATURE | GEORGE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Faculty of Laws, University College London, London, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
With the law on our side
Can adoption orders be revoked
The inherent jurisdiction and statutory schemes
Do we need physical family courts
The family court responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by rapidly transitioning to remote hearings. Almost four years later, remote hearings remain common, although the clear direction of travel, especially for children and domestic abuse injunction cases, has been back towards everyone attending hearings face-to-face. In this article, we explore what might be lost when family court hearings take place remotely, and, more fundamentally, whether we r…
Family Law
All books in this flagship series contain carefully selected substantial extracts from key cases, legislation, and academic debate, providing able students with a stand-alone resource. Drawing on extensive experience, the authors offer a detailed and authoritative exposition of family law illustrated by materials carefully selected from a wide range of sources. The book’s principal aims are to provide readers with a thorough understanding of fami…
Revoking parental responsibility – or not
Family Matters
John Eekelaar, FBA, is a 'giant of family law', whose unrivalled contribution to the entire breadth of family law scholarship and research has brought many doctrinal, theoretical, empirical and contextual insights to the study of family law and family justice. His world-wide reputation and influence in the field of family law, and the huge body of literature his career of more than 50 years has produced, are celebrated in this collection of essay…
Vulnerable children in unregulated care
Our normal is different’
This article reports the findings of a small-scale qualitative study exploring the experiences of autistic adults who have had experience of the family justice system. While participants related some positive elements to their experiences, in particular with regard to the willingness of professionals to try to learn more about their clients’ needs, the overall picture showed significant concerns. The reports given showed significant misunderstand…
Matters of welfare and matters of law
The President of the Family Division knows a thing or two about both ‘welfare’ and ‘law’, but his judgment in Re B (A Child: Post-Adoption Contact) [2019] EWCA Civ 29 raises in passing some tricky questions about how the two concepts fit together
Legal professionals’ knowledge and experience of autistic adults in the family justice system
Access to justice is a key theme in the family justice system, especially for those with particular vulnerabilities. Autism, a development condition characterised by difficulties in social communication and interaction, and the presence of rigid, repetitive behaviours, presents particular challenges in this area. This paper reports the findings of a mixed-methods study with legal professionals working in the family justice system, asking about th…
Rewriting children’s rights judgments
There is a long history around children’s rights – arguments about whether children are capable of being rights-holders at all; debates around whether it is good for children that discussion focuse
Making determinations during life about the disposal of a body after death
How do parents experience relocation disputes in the family courts
Relocation cases are known to be amongst the most difficult decisions for family court judges. This article reports the findings of an empirical study of parents who were involved in relocation disputes, reporting their views on the experience of being involved in one of these difficult cases. We consider the origins of the disputes and parents’ perceptions of how their cases were resolved, as well as some initial discussion of the aftermath of t…
Parental Responsibility
All books in this flagship series contain carefully selected substantial extracts from key cases, legislation, and academic debate, providing able students with a stand-alone resource. This chapter examines the concept of parental responsibility and its legal significance; the various legislative provisions dealing with who automatically holds parental responsibility, as well as how, and by whom, it may be acquired; the exercise of parental respo…
Ending Relationships
All books in this flagship series contain carefully selected substantial extracts from key cases, legislation, and academic debate, providing able students with a stand-alone resource. This chapter discusses the law on divorce and separation. It covers divorces in England and Wales; the nature, function, and limits of divorce law; a brief history of divorce law to 1969; the present law of divorce and judicial separation; evaluation of the current…
Family Relationships between Adults
All books in this flagship series contain carefully selected substantial extracts from key cases, legislation, and academic debate, providing able students with a stand-alone resource. This chapter first considers demographic data on family relationships in England and Wales, and then examines the treatment of ‘trans’ people in this area of family law; and the history of legal recognition of intimate relationships between parties of the same gend…
Fundamental Principles in the Law Relating to Children
All books in this flagship series contain carefully selected substantial extracts from key cases, legislation, and academic debate, providing able students with a stand-alone resource. This chapter, which focuses on alternative approaches to child-related disputes and their influence on English law, first considers the welfare principle and its central role in child law today. It addresses the problems and limitations of the principle, and then l…
Child Protection
All books in this flagship series contain carefully selected substantial extracts from key cases, legislation, and academic debate, providing able students with a stand-alone resource. This chapter examines the law on state intervention into family life where a child is considered to be ‘in need’ or at risk of significant harm. It discusses the competing approaches to state intervention and the principles underpinning the Children Act (CA) 1989; …
The inherent jurisdiction and child protection
The scope of inherent jurisdiction of the High Court (England) is, theoretically, limitless except where Parliment has expressly intervened to restrict the courts power. Writing in 1986, Nigel Lowe and Richard White sad that 'the lawknows no greater form of protection for a child than wardship'. But what is the scope of using inherent jurisdiction for protecting vulnerable children and young people?... Language: en
Children's state of mind and habitual residence in abduction cases
The international relocation debate
International relocation has fast become a topic of international debate. This article suggests reasons why that may be the case, and then turns to some recent developments in this debate. It discusses the judicial conference on international relocation in Washington, DC in March 2010 and the Sixth Meeting of the Special Commission of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in January 2012, and suggests that it is unlikely that we will …
Lawrence v Gallagher [2012] Ewca Civ 394 – playing a straight bat in civil partnership appeals
The Court of Appeal judgment in Lawrence v Gallagher is the first consideration of financial orders on the breakdown of a civil partnership. The case suggests that there is no difference between marriage and civil partnership in this respect, both as to the exercise of the judicial discretion and as to the willingness of the Court of Appeal to interfere with that discretion
Commentary
To what extent do significant events determine the timing of our deaths? Anecdotal reports among the terminally ill and anthropological and epidemiological studies suggest that the timing of a patient's death may be related to symbolically meaningful occasions such as anniversaries and festivals. Those looking forward to such events may delay the timing of their deaths although the literature is often contradictory. In contrast, those subject to …
The Time to Die
Lawrence v Gallagher [2012] Ewca Civ 394 – playing a straight bat in civil partnership appeals
The Court of Appeal judgment in Lawrence v Gallagher is the first consideration of financial orders on the breakdown of a civil partnership. The case suggests that there is no difference between marriage and civil partnership in this respect, both as to the exercise of the judicial discretion and as to the willingness of the Court of Appeal to interfere with that discretion
Our normal is different’
This article reports the findings of a small-scale qualitative study exploring the experiences of autistic adults who have had experience of the family justice system. While participants related some positive elements to their experiences, in particular with regard to the willingness of professionals to try to learn more about their clients’ needs, the overall picture showed significant concerns. The reports given showed significant misunderstand…
Legal professionals’ knowledge and experience of autistic adults in the family justice system
Access to justice is a key theme in the family justice system, especially for those with particular vulnerabilities. Autism, a development condition characterised by difficulties in social communication and interaction, and the presence of rigid, repetitive behaviours, presents particular challenges in this area. This paper reports the findings of a mixed-methods study with legal professionals working in the family justice system, asking about th…
Children's state of mind and habitual residence in abduction cases
Commentary
To what extent do significant events determine the timing of our deaths? Anecdotal reports among the terminally ill and anthropological and epidemiological studies suggest that the timing of a patient's death may be related to symbolically meaningful occasions such as anniversaries and festivals. Those looking forward to such events may delay the timing of their deaths although the literature is often contradictory. In contrast, those subject to …
The Time to Die
The international relocation debate
International relocation has fast become a topic of international debate. This article suggests reasons why that may be the case, and then turns to some recent developments in this debate. It discusses the judicial conference on international relocation in Washington, DC in March 2010 and the Sixth Meeting of the Special Commission of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in January 2012, and suggests that it is unlikely that we will …
Lawrence v Gallagher [2012] Ewca Civ 394 – playing a straight bat in civil partnership appeals
The Court of Appeal judgment in Lawrence v Gallagher is the first consideration of financial orders on the breakdown of a civil partnership. The case suggests that there is no difference between marriage and civil partnership in this respect, both as to the exercise of the judicial discretion and as to the willingness of the Court of Appeal to interfere with that discretion
Children's state of mind and habitual residence in abduction cases
Parental Responsibility
All books in this flagship series contain carefully selected substantial extracts from key cases, legislation, and academic debate, providing able students with a stand-alone resource. This chapter examines the concept of parental responsibility and its legal significance; the various legislative provisions dealing with who automatically holds parental responsibility, as well as how, and by whom, it may be acquired; the exercise of parental respo…
Ending Relationships
All books in this flagship series contain carefully selected substantial extracts from key cases, legislation, and academic debate, providing able students with a stand-alone resource. This chapter discusses the law on divorce and separation. It covers divorces in England and Wales; the nature, function, and limits of divorce law; a brief history of divorce law to 1969; the present law of divorce and judicial separation; evaluation of the current…
Family Relationships between Adults
All books in this flagship series contain carefully selected substantial extracts from key cases, legislation, and academic debate, providing able students with a stand-alone resource. This chapter first considers demographic data on family relationships in England and Wales, and then examines the treatment of ‘trans’ people in this area of family law; and the history of legal recognition of intimate relationships between parties of the same gend…
Fundamental Principles in the Law Relating to Children
All books in this flagship series contain carefully selected substantial extracts from key cases, legislation, and academic debate, providing able students with a stand-alone resource. This chapter, which focuses on alternative approaches to child-related disputes and their influence on English law, first considers the welfare principle and its central role in child law today. It addresses the problems and limitations of the principle, and then l…
Child Protection
All books in this flagship series contain carefully selected substantial extracts from key cases, legislation, and academic debate, providing able students with a stand-alone resource. This chapter examines the law on state intervention into family life where a child is considered to be ‘in need’ or at risk of significant harm. It discusses the competing approaches to state intervention and the principles underpinning the Children Act (CA) 1989; …
The inherent jurisdiction and child protection
The scope of inherent jurisdiction of the High Court (England) is, theoretically, limitless except where Parliment has expressly intervened to restrict the courts power. Writing in 1986, Nigel Lowe and Richard White sad that 'the lawknows no greater form of protection for a child than wardship'. But what is the scope of using inherent jurisdiction for protecting vulnerable children and young people?... Language: en
How do parents experience relocation disputes in the family courts
Relocation cases are known to be amongst the most difficult decisions for family court judges. This article reports the findings of an empirical study of parents who were involved in relocation disputes, reporting their views on the experience of being involved in one of these difficult cases. We consider the origins of the disputes and parents’ perceptions of how their cases were resolved, as well as some initial discussion of the aftermath of t…
Making determinations during life about the disposal of a body after death
Legal professionals’ knowledge and experience of autistic adults in the family justice system
Access to justice is a key theme in the family justice system, especially for those with particular vulnerabilities. Autism, a development condition characterised by difficulties in social communication and interaction, and the presence of rigid, repetitive behaviours, presents particular challenges in this area. This paper reports the findings of a mixed-methods study with legal professionals working in the family justice system, asking about th…
Rewriting children’s rights judgments
There is a long history around children’s rights – arguments about whether children are capable of being rights-holders at all; debates around whether it is good for children that discussion focuse
Matters of welfare and matters of law
The President of the Family Division knows a thing or two about both ‘welfare’ and ‘law’, but his judgment in Re B (A Child: Post-Adoption Contact) [2019] EWCA Civ 29 raises in passing some tricky questions about how the two concepts fit together
Our normal is different’
This article reports the findings of a small-scale qualitative study exploring the experiences of autistic adults who have had experience of the family justice system. While participants related some positive elements to their experiences, in particular with regard to the willingness of professionals to try to learn more about their clients’ needs, the overall picture showed significant concerns. The reports given showed significant misunderstand…
Family Matters
John Eekelaar, FBA, is a 'giant of family law', whose unrivalled contribution to the entire breadth of family law scholarship and research has brought many doctrinal, theoretical, empirical and contextual insights to the study of family law and family justice. His world-wide reputation and influence in the field of family law, and the huge body of literature his career of more than 50 years has produced, are celebrated in this collection of essay…
Vulnerable children in unregulated care
Family Law
All books in this flagship series contain carefully selected substantial extracts from key cases, legislation, and academic debate, providing able students with a stand-alone resource. Drawing on extensive experience, the authors offer a detailed and authoritative exposition of family law illustrated by materials carefully selected from a wide range of sources. The book’s principal aims are to provide readers with a thorough understanding of fami…
Revoking parental responsibility – or not
The inherent jurisdiction and statutory schemes
Do we need physical family courts
The family court responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by rapidly transitioning to remote hearings. Almost four years later, remote hearings remain common, although the clear direction of travel, especially for children and domestic abuse injunction cases, has been back towards everyone attending hearings face-to-face. In this article, we explore what might be lost when family court hearings take place remotely, and, more fundamentally, whether we r…
Can adoption orders be revoked
With the law on our side
Law (19 works) · Political science (19 works) · Law (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Law and economics (9 works) · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (8 works) · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction (6 works)