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DNA tests for court: when to use the most powerful test available?
Casey Randall, Head of DNA at AlphaBiolabs, explains what counsel need to know about court-approved DNA testing, what the options are, and how its market-leading 45-marker test significantly increases the chance of obtaining a conclusive result in complex relationship testing cases.
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Private Law Update – September 2023
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Mirror Orders in Children Proceedings: UK and Hong Kong compared
Alexandra Tribe, Managing Partner, Expatriate Law, and Kelly Merris, Registered Foreign Lawyer, Gall, explore the use of mirror orders as a safeguard for overseas contact arrangements or relocation, and compare the approach to mirror orders in England and in Hong Kong.
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Taught to Fail
How the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance on responding to allegations made by children is failing both teachers and their pupils.
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Financial Remedy Update, July 2023
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Local authority approach to housing homeless 16–17-year-olds who reject accommodation as ‘looked after children’
Joshua Swirsky, Barrister of Field Court Chambers, examines the issue recently raised in R(W) v London Borough of Lambeth.
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Alcohol test reports: common questions answered
Marie Davies, Toxicology Reporting Manager at AlphaBiolabs, discusses alcohol test reports, including some of the most frequently asked questions about alcohol testing.
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Case review: The Long Term Use of S20 Accommodation – Re S (A Child) and Re W (s.20 Accommodation) [2023] EWCA Civ 1
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No-one writes to the Colonel- The rules on remote hearings with an overseas dimension
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FASD: The neurodevelopmental disorder frequently overlooked within Family Law
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The family court’s jurisdiction in care proceedings involving children who have come from Ukraine following the commencement of war
Reagan Persaud, barrister, of Spire Barristers, explains how the court can exercise jurisdiction under the 1996 Hague Convention to ensure that children who come to the United Kingdom via resettlement schemes can be appropriately safeguarded from significant harm.
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The significance of section 20 after Re S (A Child) and Re W (A Child) (s 20 Accommodation) [2023] EWCA Civ 1
Rob Marsh, a pupil barrister at Coram Chambers considers the significance of section 20 after Re S (A Child) and Re W (A Child) (s 20 Accommodation) [2023] EWCA Civ 1.
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Admissibility of foreign convictions in proceedings under the Children Act 1989
Samuel Arksey, a pupil barrister at Senate House Chambers considers the admissibility of foreign convictions in proceedings under the Children Act 1989.
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How the courts deal with financial remedies in a short marriage
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Child Abductors, Contempt and Successive Prison Sentences
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International Children Law Update: January 2023
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