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Robin Powell, Barrister, Tanfield Chambers. It is the common experience of those practising in the field of public law Children Act proceedings that many, if not the majority, of cases are decided on...

Julia Thackeray, Bindmans, Solicitors. The legal position of parents in same-sex relationships has received substantial attention this year, with a combination of case law developments and new...

David Burrows, Solicitor. 'Before the CSA was invented I could have sued him for maintenance. Now they've taken all my rights away'. These are the words of Sally Henson (name changed) as the...

Nicholas Francis QC, 29 Bedford Row. When their Lordships gave their opinions in White v White [2000] 2 FLR 981 in October 2000 they would probably have been astonished if, able to look forward in...

Neil Robinson, Solicitor, Nowel Meller Solicitors and Director, the Mediation Centre, Stafford. Part one of this article, at [2006] Fam Law 48, looked at intractable disputes from the child's...

Charlotte McCafferty, Head of Legal Services, CAFCASS. Well, maybe not a day in the life of, because the work of a Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) lawyer is so varied...

Anna Johnston, Anthony Gold, Solicitors. The new special guardianship provisions, provided for in the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (the Act), came into force on 30 December 2005. Section 115 of the...

Joanne Edwards, Partner, Manches LLP. In April 2004, in a judgment which received much press coverage, Munby J apologised to a father who left his court in tears having been forced to abandon his 5...

Philip Moor QC, 1 Hare Court. A year ago the author reviewed the previous year's reported decisions which contained an ancillary relief element (The Day After Tomorrow: Coping with Ancillary Relief"...

Julie Doughty, Cardiff Law School. In October 2005 the Children and Family Courts Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) released a consultation paper Every Day Matters: New Directions for CAFCASS",...

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