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Gill Timmis, Childrens Guardian and Social Work Consultant. Rule 9.5 is the process by which a child subject to private family proceedings attains party status and the ability to take a pro-active...

Sophie Tarassenko, Senior lecturer in law, University of Hertfordshire and Lucy Yeatman, lecturer in law, University of Greenwich. Civil partners will be recognised as each other's next of kin" under...

John Eekelaar, Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. The marriage in Miller v Miller [2005] EWCA Civ 984, [2005] FLR (forthcoming) had lasted just under 3 years and a capital transfer to the wife, worth...

Andrew Baines, Solicitor and Mediator, Wrigley Claydon Solicitors, Todmorden. The author states that those involved with family breakdown have realised that the sometimes narrow and isolated approach...

David Jockelson, Solicitor, Miles and Partners. The government is proposing a fundamental and radical review of the whole system of child protection and care proceedings in England and Wales. The...

District Judge John Mitchell. Can the experience of courts in civil cases help family courts control costs? District Judge John Mitchell gives example of cases where costs have been high and comments...

Christopher Richards, Mediator, considers ways in which the profile of mediation could be raised. The author draws from his own mediation business experience to highlight some of the popular...

Nicholas Longford, Rustons & Lloyd. The Domestic Abuse Committee consists of Resolution-accredited solicitors from across the country and the article looks at two recent papers presented by the...

James Pirrie, Chair of Resolutions Maintenance and Enforcement Committee and Solicitor. Provides a reminder of the basics on the Child Support Agency and a suggestion as to how it should be integrated...

Lucy Reed, Barrister, Tanfield Chambers. Reviews the case law and argues that McKenzie friends are very likely to be allowed to participate in family proceedings in a non-speaking role, providing they...

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