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26 September 2011

Wives, widows and wicked step-mothers: a brief examination of spousal entitlement on intestacy [2009] CFLQ 423
This paper examines the provision made for the surviving spouse of an intestate. It traces the development of the current law, and looks back to the Law Commission's proposal in 1989 that the...
Elizabeth Cooke
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26 September 2011

A common intention or a rare bird? Proprietary interests, personal claims and services rendered by lovers post-acquisition: James v Thomas; Morris v Morris [2009] CFLQ 104
Over a year ago the House of Lords gave its landmark decision in Stack v Dowden where it was held that the common intention constructive trust was the most appropriate tool of analysis in cases...
Nick Piska
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26 September 2011

Re C (A Child) (Adoption: Duty of Local Authority) – Welfare and the rights of the birth family in 'fast track' adoption cases [2009] CFLQ 87
In Re C (A Child) (Adoption: Duty of Local Authority), the Court of Appeal had an opportunity to explore the relationship between parental interests and the paramountcy of child welfare in adoption...
Brian Sloan
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26 September 2011

Children giving evidence through special measures in the criminal courts: progress and problems [2009] CFLQ 65
This article is drawn from a programme of ethnographic observation and interview-based research carried out at magistrates' and Crown Court trials in the north of England. The goal of the paper is to...
Matthew Hall
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26 September 2011

The experience of relationship breakdown and civil law problems by people in different forms of relationship [2009] CFLQ 47
The present study, using data from the English and Welsh Civil and Social Justice Survey, compares the characteristics of spouses and cohabitants, and aims to examine how relationship type...
Joanna Miles Nigel Balmer Pascoe Pleasence
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26 September 2011

The caustic dichotomy – political vision and resourcing in the care system [2009] CFLQ 30
Since 1997 the Government has championed a raft of primary and secondary legislation designed to ensure that the care system better safeguards and promotes the welfare of the country's most vulnerable...
Alistair MacDonald QC
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26 September 2011

Losing it? Losing what? The law and dementia [2009] CFLQ 3
This article considers the legal treatment of those suffering from dementia. In particular it considers those who are on the borderlines of mental capacity. It rejects the current law which regards...
Jonathan Herring
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23 September 2011

Odièvre v France - Desperately seeking mother - anonymous births in the European Court of Human Rights [2003] CFLQ 425
In Odièvre v France the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the French legislation on anonymous birthing was not in breach of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and...
Eva Steiner
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23 September 2011

Lambert v Lambert - Towards the recognition of marriage as a partnership of equals [2003] CFLQ 417
This article addresses the impact of the decision in Lambert v Lambert on policy and practice in respect of ancillary relief. It explores the extent to which major change has been introduced by...
Rebecca Bailey-Harris
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23 September 2011

The family and the law - status or contract? [2003] CFLQ 403
Against the background of some of the more notable changes in English family law since the publication of Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, this article questions the...
Stephen Cretney
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