Children

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Understanding one another's practice

Clinical negligence lawyers and deputies will have to implement the Children and Families Act 2014, explains Edward Duff

Local authorities must address parents' learning disabilities

Noel Arnold and Hazel Kent discuss the test for making placement orders, without notice applications and damages for human rights breaches

Family businesses harmed by lack of governance

Fifty-five per cent of family businesses say succession is a barrier to future success

The inquiry no one wants to chair

Catarina Sjölin considers the format the home secretary's inquiry into historical child abuse should take in order to truly find answers

Think before you donate

Marilyn Stowe on why doing your research on sperm donation now can safeguard your interests in the future

Post-mortem testing for paternity

Sarah White considers the difficulties in establishing paternity after the death of an alleged father

High Court rules Ashya King to be freed from legal controls

Trust, communication and respect for individual beliefs by authorities are essential in similar cases, says legal expert

Children update

Being a tattle-tale is not nice but informing the court about non-compliance is imperative, even if it makes you feel uncomfortable, urges Noel Arnold