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Cohabitants: a changing landscape
Post-Gow v Grant, the law continues to evolve
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CMS? It'll cost you
Fees are now payable if resort is had to the Child Maintenance Service
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Regulation or interpretation?
Reminders, if they were needed, about the difficulties that can ensue in interpreting the clauses of a minute of agreement
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Expensive lesson
A salutary lesson in the vagaries of litigating financial provision cases in the sheriff court
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Party litigants, and some dos and don'ts
Procedural points from some recent shrieval decisions
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Contact: no presumption here?
A presumption for involvement of a parent in a child's life? Scotland and England appear to be differing
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Letter: More - a champion?
On Sir Thomas More and conscience
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Conscience and the same-sex marriage debate
A plea for the right priorities as decisions are taken
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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
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Respect agenda
SHRC recognises sensitivities of same-sex marriage debate
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Child maintenance: here we go again?
New consultation begs the question of how much of a system we need
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Supreme Court proves its worth
Another human rights decision shows the court's ability to see the bigger picture
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Smoking out an overreaction
Is it right - and legal - to ban smokers from adopting or fostering young children?