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23 September 2011

CHILD AND FAMILY LAW QUARTERLY Vol 15, No 1, 2003
CHILD AND FAMILY LAW QUARTERLY Vol 15, No 1, 2003 CONTENTS Articles Reforming family property - comparisons, compromises and common dimensions by Lorna Fox 1 Parental responsibility and the...
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22 September 2011

Sutton v Mishcon de Reya and Gawor & Co - Cohabitation contracts and Swedish sex slaves [2004] CFLQ 453
In Sutton v Mishcon de Reya and Gawor & Co it was held that a contract between cohabitants, as opposed to a contract for cohabitation, would be valid. The case did not involve a typical cohabitation...
Rebecca Probert
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22 September 2011

Evans v Amicus Healthcare; Hadley v Midland Fertility Services - Revealing cracks in the 'twin pillars'? [2004] CFLQ 437
In the case of Evans, the courts were asked to determine the fate of stored embryos created from the gametes of a now separated couple where the man requested the destruction of the embryos and the...
Sally Sheldon
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22 September 2011

The plight of neglected children - social work and judicial decision-making, and management of neglect cases [2004] CFLQ 423
This article describes the difficulty in decision-making regarding neglected children by social workers and the complexity of processing those cases through the courts....
Dorota Iwaniec, Theresa Donaldson and His Honour Judge Martin Allweis
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22 September 2011

Parents with learning difficulties, care proceedings and the family courts: threshold decisions and the moral matrix [2004] CFLQ 409
This paper explores the views of legal practitioners about the working of Children Act 1989 proceedings and the family court process in cases involving parents with learning difficulties, drawing on...
Tim Booth Wendy Booth David McConnell
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22 September 2011

Should greater prominence be given to pre-nuptial contracts in the law of ancillary relief? [2004] CFLQ 399
In this article the position in English law in relation to pre-nuptial contracts is discussed, with an examination of the advantages and disadvantages of giving greater prominence to such contracts....
Brigitte Clark
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22 September 2011

Reconstructing the HFEA 1990: is blood really thicker than water? [2004] CFLQ 387
This article contributes to the review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (HFEA 1990) in respect of the current legal provisions regarding donor insemination. It argues that the law...
Julie Wallbank
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22 September 2011

The nature, scope, and use of the specific issue order [2004] CFLQ 364
A critical examination of the case-law on the specific issue order reveals some uncertainty concerning the nature and scope of the order. On several occasions, judicial encounters with the order have...
Stephen Gilmore
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22 September 2011

Glass v United Kingdom: maternal instinct v medical opinion [2004] CFLQ 339
In Glass v United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights found that there had been a violation of Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental...
Richard Huxtable Karen Forbes
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22 September 2011

On need and gatekeeping - R (G) v Barnet London Borough Council; R (A) v Lambeth London Borough Council; R (W) v Lambeth London Borough Council [2004] CFLQ 331
This note examines the significant House of Lords' decisions on section 17(1) of the Children Act 1989 (CA 1989), and to whom the rehousing obligations of local authorities under the CA 1989 are owed....
Dave Cowan
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