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In Director of Public Prosecutions v P Smith LJ raised the possibility that the defence of doli incapax, putatively abolished by section 34 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, remains available. This...

This case involved a parent who looked to the social services arm of her local authority to fund a place at a residential school for her severely disabled son, having failed to persuade the...

Drawing on a research project in which 40 clients and their solicitors were followed throughout the divorce process, this research article examines certain aspects of the role that is now performed by...

In a residence dispute between separated lesbian parents the House of Lords considered that the principles to be applied to determine the child's welfare were the same as those that applied between...

The Child Support Agency (CSA), established following the Child Support Act 1991, has faced a host of well-documented problems since its inception in April 1993. The first Blair administration brought...

Between 2004 and 2007 three separate bodies undertook reviews relating to care proceedings with the aim of reducing delays and/or cutting costs. These were: the Judicial Review Team appointed by the...

This commentary considers the concepts of 'family life' and 'private life' as embodied in Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950 (the...

Taking the six terms of schoolboy Joseph Hills' Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) as its starting point, this commentary examines three general principles which the courts have said apply to the...

The Court of Appeal has held that before a court determines the level of staying contact to be enjoyed by a parent with a child (or when under a shared residence order it defines the number of nights...

The law in most developed countries puts ‘the best interests of the child' at the heart of decisions about children, and practitioners use this standard in their work. In this article, the views of...

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