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This week I found myself going round in circles on what seemed to be a very simple issue - can the court make a contact order without making a residence order? And I have concluded that I respectfully...

I am thinking of getting round to a new publication - the ‘Dangerous Book for Families'. I don't know the details of how this will work, but a new curriculum suggested for boys (aka ‘Dangerous book...

BRENDAN ROCHE, Barrister, 7 Bedford Row In recent months the pressure for reform of the law on international relocation of children has been growing. In July 2009, Dr Marilyn Freeman, when...

DR WILSON CHENG, Specialty Registrar, Northern Forensic Mental Health Service for Young People and DR PARAG SHAH, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Northern Forensic Mental Health Service for Young...

JOHN HASKEY, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford Some recent estimates have been made of the...

BYRON JAMES, 14 Gray's Inn Square Ever had that awkward moment with a partner when you have been asked, ‘so where is this all going'? There are some who can be cruising through life with the sun...

Parents investigated over an 'honour killing' last week - not the first one we've had in the news, is it? Just a minute. Where's my Concise Oxford Dictionary? ‘Honour: high respect; glory;...

Leading Irish family lawyer, Jennifer O'Brien, of Mason Hayes+Curran (www.mhc.ie) has helpfully prepared a briefing paper on the changes in the Republic of Ireland in the Civil Partnership and...

SUZANNE TODD and BRETT FRANKLE, Withers LLP The credit crunch, and who knows if we are truly past the worst of it, has presented challenges to family practitioners that have not for some time tested...

KIM BEATSON, Partner, Anthony Gold At a Resolution national conference some years ago we held a debate on whether there should be more transparency in children cases. One of the speakers was Jim...

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