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Cohabitants: a changing landscape
Post-Gow v Grant, the law continues to evolve
CMS? It'll cost you
Fees are now payable if resort is had to the Child Maintenance Service
Regulation or interpretation?
Reminders, if they were needed, about the difficulties that can ensue in interpreting the clauses of a minute of agreement
Expensive lesson
A salutary lesson in the vagaries of litigating financial provision cases in the sheriff court
Party litigants, and some dos and don'ts
Procedural points from some recent shrieval decisions
Contact: no presumption here?
A presumption for involvement of a parent in a child's life? Scotland and England appear to be differing
Letter: More - a champion?
On Sir Thomas More and conscience
Conscience and the same-sex marriage debate
A plea for the right priorities as decisions are taken
Cohabitation: why no "unfair settlements" provision?
The Act allowing financial provision for cohabiting couples has a serious flaw in not enabling the court to override agreements that operate unfairly
Respect agenda
SHRC recognises sensitivities of same-sex marriage debate
Child maintenance: here we go again?
New consultation begs the question of how much of a system we need
Supreme Court proves its worth
Another human rights decision shows the court's ability to see the bigger picture
Smoking out an overreaction
Is it right - and legal - to ban smokers from adopting or fostering young children?