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Mark Pawlowski, Barrister and Professor of Property Law, University of Greenwich. Where there is no express declaration of trust on the transfer of a property, the beneficial interests are to be...
David Merrigan, Barrister, Lamb Building. The case of H v H [2007] EWHC 459 (Fam) concerned two important and often disputed issues: how long spousal maintenance should continue after separation and...
Susan S M Edwards, Professor of Law, University of Buckingham. In care proceedings, the cause of harm to a child, and the future risk of harm, can only be properly established if the parties...
Professor Jane Fortin, School of Law, Kings College London. The DCA's recent consultation paper Separate Representation of Children (CP/20/06) expresses the view that the judiciary's ability to order...
Susan Edwards, Professor of Law, University of Buckingham. Examining the recent House of Lords decision in the case of R (Begum) v Headteacher and Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15,...
Hazel Biggs, Professor of Medical Law, Lancaster University. In R (Burke) v General Medical Council [2005] EWCA Civ 1003, [2005] 2 FLR 1223 the Court of Appeal allowed the General Medical Council's...
David Burrows, Solicitor Advocate. The family proceedings costs regulations were amended as from 2 April 2007 by the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/742) (see...
Jeremy Posnansky QC argues the case for change in key areas of the family law system. Do recent case law developments lead us to the conclusion that the time is right for a new Matrimonial Causes Act?...
Dr George Hibbert MA, MBBS, Mrcpsych, DM, Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Lecturer. In the Legal Services Commission's consultation paper The Funding Criteria for Child Care Proceedings,...
Stephen Jarmain, One Garden Court, Temple. Where clients disagree about the correct forum for divorce proceedings and the other country concerned is not a signatory to the Brussels II legislation the...