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Professor Chris Barton, Retired Family Law Teacher and a Vice President, Family Mediators Association. If 2006 does not see any registered partnerships annulled, 2007 will surely see the first...

Zahra Pabani Solicitor, Shakespeare's, Birmingham. In what circumstances might a separation or maintenance agreement be considered? Do they even have a role to play at all and, if so, what? Will it...

Jo Summers, Solicitor and Jenny Chase Trainee, Howard Kennedy. The formal recognition of civil partnerships has been possible since the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (the Act) came into force on 5...

Howard Shaw and Mark Emanuel, Barristers 29 Bedford Row and Tony Roe Partner, Boyes Turner, Reading. According to the House of Lords judgments in Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] UKHR 24,...

District Judge Graham Green. Medway in Kent was the scene of a pilot project between August 2004 and July 2005 involving applications under Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996 (the Act) for 'occupation...

Professor Judith Masson, University of Bristol. The Family Justice Council (FJC) was asked by the President of the Family Division to consider and make recommendations on the approach which should be...

Gwynn Davis. On 2 May 2006 the House of Commons Constitutional Affairs Select Committee held a one-day session in which it revisited the topic of the family courts (by which it actually meant the...

Jacqui Jackson, Director of Standards, Resolution. One of the main aims of Resolution is to improve standards in family law. The Resolution Code of Practice is the driving force. Since the Association...

Elena Fowler and Debbie Singleton. The National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) is a unique 'not for profit' children's charity which offers socio-legal advice, information, signposting and advocacy...

By Andrew Meehan, Solicitor, Addleshaw Goddard. After much anticipation, the judgment from the House of Lords concerning the appeals against the Court of Appeal decisions in McFarlane v McFarlane...

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