Adoption and contact: the value of openness by Caroline Bridge 147
Out of the freeing plan...? by Ralph Sandland 152
Property adjustment orders for children by Elizabeth Cooke 156
Evidence in child abuse cases - too high a price for too high a standard? Re M (A Minor) (Appeal) No 2 by John Spencer 160
Immunity from claims for damages: in whose best interests? M (A Minor) v Newham Borough Council: X (Minors) v Bedfordshire County Council by Michael A Jones 161
Social engineering in the House of Lords: Re M by Judith Masson 170
Abolishing the presumption of incapacity: C v DPP by Andrew Ashworth 174
Care, supervision and interim orders by Jonathan Whybrow 177
Section 37 directions: are they working? by Allan Wells 181
Voluntary organisations and the approval of foster-parents by Lynn Davis 186