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Roger McCarthy QC: An article in 2 parts. The article includes case law references and thought provoking arguments. Part 2 analyses and develops a number of important arguments for the present and...

Mary Ryan, Judith Harwin, Gemma Lewis & Jo Tunnard: The Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) has been operating since January 2008 as a unique problem-solving court for care cases involving...

Grant Howell, Martin Loxley & Andrew Newbury: Developments as regards financial remedy applications since the Spring 2012 update in April (2012) Fam Law 406. The focus is not only on what a judge...

Beverley Morris & George Mathieson: In the last article in the series, the authors concentrate on offsetting. The article considers whether the cash equivalent value can safely be taken for...

Noel Arnold: The article examines disputes which can arise for same-sex persons who decide to have children. The reader is taken through a quick tour of the approaches same-sex couples or persons can...

Andrew Francis: This article looks at three recent and important decisions under the Inheritance etc. Act 1975; namely, Ilott v Mitson, Iqbal v Ahmed (both Court of Appeal 2011) and Lilleyman v...

Louise Spitz: Grandparents play an important role in family life in 21st Century Britain. As many as one-third of parents rely on grandparents for child care, most of which is provided free of...

Gwynneth Knowles and Malcolm Sharpe: This is the first of two articles to examine the Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO) service within local authorities. IROs are experienced social workers...

Her Honour Nasreen Pearce & DJ Sue Jackson: The Mental Health Act 1983 makes provision for the care and treatment of those who are suffering from ‘mental disorder' and sets out the safeguard and...

"To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune... to lose both seems like carelessness". So observed Lady Augusta Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), on hearing of...

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