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Chris Barton

Emeritus Professor
Chris Barton is Emeritus Professor (Staffordshire University) of Family Law, an emeritus member of the Society of Legal Scholars and an Academic Door Tenant at Regent Chambers (Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent). He is a Vice-President of the Family Mediators Association and assists with the provision of continuing professional development for family lawyers and family mediators.
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Emeritus Professor
Chris Barton is Emeritus Professor (Staffordshire University) of Family Law, an emeritus member of the Society of Legal Scholars and an Academic Door Tenant at Regent Chambers (Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent). He is a Vice-President of the Family Mediators Association and assists with the provision of continuing professional development for family lawyers and family mediators.
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3 APR 2022

Family law and the government’s proposed review of the Human Rights Act 1998 Family law and the government’s proposed...
Professor Chris Barton, A Vice-President of the Family Mediators Association, Academic Door Tenant, Regent Chambers, Stoke-on-TrentUnder the heading, ‘Protect our Democracy’ the 2019...
3 APR 2022
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24 FEB 2022

‘Divorce tourism’ in England and Wales – who gains? ‘Divorce tourism’ in England and Wales –...
This article traces the history of the subject, analyses the current law, and proposes reform to make divorce and financial remedies here less accessible to some categories of applicants.Before the...
24 FEB 2022
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15 DEC 2021

‘Relative’ ill-treatment: from ‘sticks as thick as thumbs’ to the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 – and ‘reasonable’ [ugh] chastisement ‘Relative’ ill-treatment: from ‘sticks...
Professor Chris Barton, A Vice-President of the Family Mediators Association, Academic Door Tenant, Regent ChambersThis article considers the development of the law regarding ill-treatment...
15 DEC 2021
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5 JUN 2018

Book review: Surrogacy: Law, Practice and Policy in England and Wales Book review: Surrogacy: Law, Practice...
Ruth Cabeza, Victoria Flowers, Eirwen Pierrot, Anita Rao, Barry O’Leary and Lillian Odze, LexisNexis Family Law 2018, paperback. £99.99Lawyers have an honourable and growing role in family creation....
5 JUN 2018
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3 JUL 2015

Not just the wedding venues: hitchings, humanists and Hells Angels: ‘railroad, steamboat, river or canal’? (£) Not just the wedding venues: hitchings,...
In September 2014 the Coalition Government issued a Discussion Paper on the - awkward to describe - subject of weddings celebrated by 'non-religious belief organisations'. Three months later,...
3 JUL 2015
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28 JUL 2014

Matrimonial property, needs and agreements Matrimonial property, needs and...
This article considers the present law on matrimonial property agreements and proceeds to consider the recommendations in Law Com No 343 (2014): 'Matrimonial Property, needs and agreements'....
28 JUL 2014
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30 SEP 2011

When did you next see your father? Emigration and the one-parent family – Re T (Removal from Jurisdiction); Goertz v Gordon (formerly Goertz) [1997] CFLQ 73 When did you next see your father?...

 

30 SEP 2011
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29 SEP 2011

A v United Kingdom The thirty thousand pound caning – an 'English vice' in Europe [1999] CFLQ 64 A v United Kingdom The thirty thousand...

 

29 SEP 2011
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