‘Looking to the future' for children by Christine Piper 98
Negligent parenting - can my child sue? by Jane Wright 104
Partnership, child protection and family group conferences - the New Zealand Children, Young Persons and their Families Act 1989 by Peter Marsh 109
Private adoption placements: some practical implications by Kath O'Donnell 115
A week in the life of Mr Justice Wall by Jonathan Whybrow 120
Tensions in the Children Act by William Ackroyd 122
‘See you in court, Mum': children as litigants by Andrew Bainham 127
Children in secure psychiatric units: Re K, W and H - ‘out of sight, out of mind?' by Phil Bates 131
Corporal punishment in schools as an issue of human rights by Gino J Naldi 137