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Lee Arnot, Barrister, 29 Bedford Row Chambers and Emma Harte, Partner, Alexiou Fisher Philipps suggest a shared residence order was made by the Court of Appeal in Re G to get around the lack of...
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Nick Wikeley, School of Law, University of Southampton. Dividend income grows in popularity as a legitimate means of minimising one's tax liabilities but can it be taken into account under the child...
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Mike Hinchliffe, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, Member of the Family Procedure Rules Committee. Considers the probable role of CAFCASS under the new Act and provides a useful...
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30 August 2005

Managing Costs
District Judge Glenn Brasse. Costs in contested ancillary relief cases can grow out of all proportion to the benefit that might accrue to either party. District Judge Glen Brasse asks whether, if...
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CLAIRE BESSANT Solicitor and Principal Lecturer, Northumbria University Law School. The Government has chosen not to make breach of an occupation order a criminal offence. Solicitor and lecturer...
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Anna Worwood, Partner, Manches. Since Payne v Payne in 2001 there has been concern that too much weight is given to the applicant parents wishes in relocation cases. Resolution (formerly the SFLA) has...
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Dr Susan Easton, Reader in Law, Brunel University. The Michael Jackson trial raised a number of issues of concern to those working with child abuse cases which are the subject of criminal proceedings....
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30 August 2005

Shared Parenting
Catriona Murfitt, Barrister, 1 Hare Court. Are the courts now making more orders for shared parenting? In response to a Family Law appeal for information about such orders, Barrister and Recorder...
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30 August 2005

Sex and the Family
CHRIS BARTON, Retired Family Law Teacher and Vice-President, Family Mediators Association. Although the law has recently institutionalised same-sex relationships, there has been little improved...
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Lynn Graham, Legal Service Commission Children and Family Services Division. Lynn Graham summarises the latest position in relation to the public funding of family cases....
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