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Family Law articles:

• 25 Apr 2013
  Reports for Permanence Orders
  Sheriff Murray recently issued a note following an undefended application by Aberdeen City Council for a permanence order. He took the decision to fix an undefended proof on the application, in light of the insufficient evidence available at two continue
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• 20 Feb 2013
  Views of children
  Recent cases concerning the views of children or evidence concerning children, and a report on a study about taking children's views into account.
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• 25 May 2012
  Looking into the past
  A new decision considers the relevance of the ancestry of matrimonial property to a claim that special circumstances exist justifying unequal sharing.
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• 15 Dec 2011
  Panorama, ‘The Truth About Adoption’ – 14 December at 9pm, BBC1
  You may have seen the Panorama special on BBC1 last night, which followed six children in Coventry who are waiting for permanent families, having been in care for most of their lives
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• 21 Oct 2011
  Fostering in Edinburgh
  In the run-up to National Adoption Week 2011 (31st October to 6th November), specialist Louise Laing, of multi-award winning law firm Morton Fraser LLP, discusses the role of fostering
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• 14 Sep 2011
  International Adoption
  Last week’s two-parter on the BBC on international adoption, featuring previous Apprentice candidate Saira Khan, went some way to dispel the myths regarding adopting abroad caused by high-profile celebrity adoptive parents.
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• 21 Mar 2011
  A Guide to Matrimonial Law in Scotland for Family Lawyers in England & Wales
  When you hear the phrase “Scottish matrimonial law”, what images spring to mind?
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• 24 Feb 2011
  Mediation or Litigation?
  An informative look at the differences between mediation and litigation in respect of family law disputes.
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• 24 Feb 2011
  Fought all the way
  The B v G child contact case highlights the need for additional measures to ensure the expeditious disposal of cases that cannot be concluded without proof.
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• 8 Dec 2010
  ‘Go’ orders (where suspicion rules)
  On 25 November 2010, the Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced a year-long pilot scheme which is to be trialled in three police areas in England next year. The proposed scheme will see suspected perpetrators of domestic abuse being removed from their hom
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