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1 August 2006

Same-Sex Marriage
In September 2005 a same-sex couple from Canada commenced proceedings to have their Canadian marriage recognised in England and Wales under s 55 of the Family Law Act 1986. Celia Kitzinger and Sue...
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The House of Lords has overturned the decision of the Court of Appeal in April 2006 which gave a residence order to the non-biological parent of children born by artificial insemination to a lesbian...
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25 July 2006

CSA Reforms
An independent report on child support in the UK by Sir David Henshaw, Recovering child support: routes to responsibility (Cm 6894) was published on 24 July 2006. The Government's response A fresh...
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Further to the positive evaluation of the police/family information sharing pilot that took place between 1 December 2004 and August 2005 in London, Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire and Cumbria, the...
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The Children and Adoption Act 2006 (the 2006 Act) received Royal Assent on 21 June 2006. It provides the courts with new powers to promote contact and enforce contact orders made under s 8 of the...
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The consultation paper, Legal Aid: a sustainable future was published jointly by the Department for Constitutional Affairs and the Legal Services Commission (LSC) on 13 July 2006. It sets in motion a...
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The Government consultation paper, Confidence and Confidentiality: Improving Transparency and Privacy in Family Courts was published on 11 July 2006. The proposals include: making changes to...
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The Association of Lawyers for Children (ALC) annual lecture in memory of David Hershman and Allan Levy was given by Lord Justice Wall in Birmingham in June 2006. His theme was public access to and...
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Marilyn Freeman, Head of Reunite Research Unit, Senior Family Law Lecturer, London Metropolitan University. The Reunite Research Unit, led by Marilyn Freeman, has recently completed a 2-year...
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4 July 2006

CSA Does Not Deliver
A National Audit office (NAO) report on the Child Support Agency (CSA) reforms of 2003 was published in June 2006. Described in the report as a final but, in the event, unsuccessful attempt to deliver...
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