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Private children: Facing the issues

Kate Newton highlights key recommendations in the report of the Family Solutions Group to encourage non-court dispute resolution in private children cases The Family Solutions Group report refers to a ‘series of scattergun initiatives’ and points to a fundamental flaw in the idea that children’s rights and welfare can be protected while they are not …

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Private children: A salutary lesson?

David Wilkinson suggests that the issues identified in MGB v GT bring into sharp focus the challenges facing the family justice system in private children proceedings If the destination country on an application for leave to remove is a signatory to the 1980 Hague Convention, then the left-behind parent will always have a remedy of …

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Private children: Theory versus reality

Matt Foster says that the enforcement of child arrangements orders requires a pragmatic approach outside the legislative framework Many hurdles need to be cleared before the court is able to make an enforcement order and it is likely to take a significant amount of time (and money) to get to that stage. Unfortunately, most practitioners …

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