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This article investigates the source of the myth that prior to 1753 cohabiting couples would have been protected by a 'common-law marriage'. It shows that neither the term nor the concept existed at...

This paper was delivered at the Child and Family Law Quarterly seminar in King's College London on 3 July 2009. It discusses the impact of Article 8 in immigration and asylum cases and suggests that...

This article, which draws on Swedish experience, argues that the English courts are currently using the shared residence order in ways that are unlikely either to benefit children or produce...

Relocation cases have become a very significant aspect of family law. This article examines the difficulties in deciding (and predicting the outcomes of) national and international relocation...

This article considers the recent development of Australian family court decision making in the area of relocation. It is argued that an increasingly 'interventionist' approach to resolving...

Different countries have different approaches to relocation disputes, with some described as pro-relocation, some anti-relocation, and some in between. The law in England and Wales is generally...

This article traces the history of relocation law in Canada and assesses the merits of law reform proposals on relocation in one Canadian province, British Columbia. These law reforms would introduce...

This commentary examines two recent decisions of the First Section Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, namely Schalk and Kopf v Austria and P.B. and J.S. v Austria. Both are significant in...

This commentary explores the recent decision of Re MA (Care Threshold) in which the Court of Appeal, by a majority, upheld the decision of the trial judge not to make a care order. It...

'Children are travellers newly arrived in a strange country, of which they know nothing'. This article considers the current problematic status of very young offenders in the English youth...

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