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Charles Geekie QC, 1 Garden Court, TempleIn Relocation, Relocation, Relocation: Rigorous Scrutiny Revisited [2008] Fam Law 220 Piers Pressdee analyses the application of the first limb of Thorpe LJs...
Brian Cantwell, Private Law ConsultantIn January 2008, the report on the first inspection of a Cafcass region (East Midlands) was published by the Office for Standards in Education, Childrens Services...
Suzette Waterhouse, Social Work Practitioner and Researcher; Joan Hunt, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford and; Eleanor Lutman, Research Associate, University of Bristol. This article...
The Family Justice Council Voice of the Child Sub-GroupThe degree to which it is desirable to involve children (all references to child or children are intended to include young person or young...
George Eddon and Julie Ward, Executive Committee, Association of Lawyers for ChildrenIn December 2007, the Ministry of Justice published a consultation document on proposed increases to the court fees...
Sandra Davis, Partner, Mishcon de ReyaIn McFarlane, Mrs McFarlane had had a promising career as a city solicitor. During her second pregnancy, 13 years prior to their divorce, she and Mr McFarlane...
Rebecca Probert is a Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Warwick. This article investigates the source of the myth that prior to 1753 cohabiting couples would have been protected by a common-law...
Nick Wikeley is the John Wilson Chair in Law, School of Law, University of Southampton, UK. Lisa Young is an Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University, Australia.
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Mandy Burton is a Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Leicester.This commentary examines a High Court decision on the application of anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) under the Crime and Disorder...
Osian Rees is a Lecturer in Law, Bangor University. This article, which is based on research undertaken on behalf of the NorthWales Family Justice Council, considers the impact of devolution on the...