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10 February 2006

POCA: Assets, Tax Assessments and Civil Proceedings
Andrew Watters, Partner, Levy Watters. In 'X v X (CPS Intervening): Criminality, Confiscation and Ancillary Relief' at [2006] Fam Law 21, Christopher Hames and David Williams pointed to a likely...
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10 February 2006

Public Law - An Effective Way Forward
Alistair MacDonald, Barrister, St Philips Chambers, Birmingham, Joint Chair, Association of Lawyers for Children. In the January issue of Family Law ([2006] Fam Law 3) the Association of Lawyers for...
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6 February 2006

Expert Evidence in Children Act Proceedings: the Protocol, the Convention and Common Law Rights
Robin Powell, Barrister, Tanfield Chambers. It is the common experience of those practising in the field of public law Children Act proceedings that many, if not the majority, of cases are decided on...
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31 January 2006

Parental Responsibility: New Definitions in Same-Sex Families
Julia Thackeray, Bindmans, Solicitors. The legal position of parents in same-sex relationships has received substantial attention this year, with a combination of case law developments and new...
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24 January 2006

Child Maintenance: a Fundamental Right?
David Burrows, Solicitor. 'Before the CSA was invented I could have sued him for maintenance. Now they've taken all my rights away'. These are the words of Sally Henson (name changed) as the...
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23 January 2006

A Day in the Life of a CAFCASS Legal Lawyer
Charlotte McCafferty, Head of Legal Services, CAFCASS. Well, maybe not a day in the life of, because the work of a Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) lawyer is so varied...
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23 January 2006

Resolving Entrenched Child Litigation Part Two: a New Model of Court-Directed Mediation
Neil Robinson, Solicitor, Nowel Meller Solicitors and Director, the Mediation Centre, Stafford. Part one of this article, at [2006] Fam Law 48, looked at intractable disputes from the child's...
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23 January 2006

If it's Broken - Fix it
Nicholas Francis QC, 29 Bedford Row. When their Lordships gave their opinions in White v White [2000] 2 FLR 981 in October 2000 they would probably have been astonished if, able to look forward in...
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18 January 2006

Special Guardianship Orders: A Guide
Anna Johnston, Anthony Gold, Solicitors. The new special guardianship provisions, provided for in the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (the Act), came into force on 30 December 2005. Section 115 of the...
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16 January 2006

Enforcement of Contact Orders - A New Era?
Joanne Edwards, Partner, Manches LLP. In April 2004, in a judgment which received much press coverage, Munby J apologised to a father who left his court in tears having been forced to abandon his 5...
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