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This article discusses the findings of research with members of the Scottish judiciary which explored the circumstances in which some judges chose to speak to children in family proceedings and their...

This article explores what is meant when children are held responsible for their behaviour in the criminal justice system. It does so by examining the age at which children are held responsible in...

International law on children's rights, once focused almost exclusively on protection, has moved to include a greater emphasis on the participation rights of children. Within certain areas of the law...

This article considers whether civil partnership and marriage should be seen as parallel institutions for legal purposes, and whether the existence of two mutually exclusive institutions is...

In R v Dica and again in R v Konzani, the Court of Appeal considered whether a defendant who, with advertent recklessness rather than purposive intent, had infected another with the HIV virus during...

The House of Lords' decision in Miller v Miller, McFarlane v McFarlane is to be welcomed for the guidance it gives about matters such as conduct in ancillary relief cases. This commentary argues that...

This commentary considers the High Court decision in R (Axon) v Secretary of State for Health, which rejected a challenge by a parent to the policy of granting confidentiality to children seeking...

This article considers the decision to allow same-sex couples to apply for adoption and reports on the views and experiences of social workers involved in the adoption process. This small qualitative...

This article looks at the approach of the judiciary to children's rights in the youth crime context. It analyses three recent English cases and highlights the lack of consistency on the part of...

Grandparents' pressure groups have been campaigning for enhanced legal rights in relation to grandchildren. This article examines those campaigns and their outcomes in the context of contact disputes...

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