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Christopher A Burns, Partner, Lee and Priestley, Leeds. Public confidence depends on public scrutiny. Justice not only has to be done, it has to be seen to be done. The Government has now launched a...

Her Honour Judge Lesley Newton. Clearly there are major issues as to the shortage of experts willing and able to provide expert assistance to the family courts over a wide range of disciplines. In...

David Salter, Solicitor, Addleshaw Goddard, Leeds, Manchester and London. Nearly 6 years after the introduction of pension sharing in December 2000, it has become increasingly apparent to family...

District Judge Glen Brasse. In the speeches, principally of Lord Nicholls and Baroness Hale, the law of ancillary relief which underwent something of a supernova in White v White [2000] 2 FLR 981 has...

Alison Burt, Partner, Bindman and Partners, London. The 'Review of the Child Care Proceedings System in England and Wales', published in May 2006, is the latest initiative designed to improve the...

By Stuart Bridge, Law Commissioner. In May 2006, the Law Commission published its consultation paper, Cohabitation: The Financial Consequences of Relationship Breakdown. The author says this...

Catherine Shelley, Barrister, Young Street Chambers, Manchester. A trio of cases in 2003 and 2004 altered what was thought to be settled law that the local authority starting proceedings would be...

Richard Todd, Barrister, 1 Hare Court. This article is based on the lecture given at the bi-annual 1 Hare Court Lecture, April 2006. The author states that a summary of the salient cases shows a...

Chris Oswald, Solicitor, Mediator and Criminal Advocate. We have all been there - the Monday morning phone call from the tearful client reporting that a violent spouse has ruined the weekend and...

Richard Little, Barrister, Tooks Chambers. The effect of domestic violence on an application for contact was considered exhaustively in the well-known and much quoted case of Re L (Contact: Domestic...

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