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Dr Ruth Gaffney-Rhys, Newport Business School, University of Wales. In September 2005 the European Court of Human Rights ruled on the legality of the various provisions of the Marriage Act 1949 (as...
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Mark Harper and Katharine Landells, Solicitors, Withers. The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (the Act) is over 400 pages long and the authors note that almost every statutory provision applicable to civil...
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22 November 2005

The New Pensions Procedure
David Salter, Partner, Addleshaw Goddard, Chairman, Resolutions Property, Tax and Pensions Committee. Pension attachment (earmarking) has been with us since 1 July 1996 and pension sharing since 1...
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16 November 2005

The FMA Annual Conference
Professor Chris Barton, Vice President, Family Mediators' Association. This year's meeting was held in September 2005 at the Royal Courts of Justice. This article summarises the events of the day...
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Philip Cordery, Barrister, New Court Chamber, Newcastle upon Tyne. At the time of writing the article, the Children and Adoption Bill has been subject to scrutiny and amendment in the House of Lords....
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16 November 2005

Every Day Matters at CAFCASS
Noel Arnold, Fisher Meredith. The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) consultation paper that was launched in October 2005 captures its title from the every child matters"...
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Roger Bird, former District Judge at the Bristol County Court. Any hope of clear guidelines from Miller v Miller other than those contained in the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 25 and White v White...
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Ian Waite, Family Court Advisor and Community Mental Health Practitioner. A matter recently before a county court involved an applicant father who had had no contact with his two young children for...
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20 October 2005

Learning from Rule 9.5
Carole Lewis, CAFCASS Officer, North West Region. The North West region of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) held two legal seminars in the summer of 2005 on...
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20 October 2005

Legal Aid
David Emmerson, Edwards Duthie. The government has just published a consultation document headed A Fairer Deal for Legal Aid". The paper aims to reform legal aid so that it focuses more on people with...
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