Children

Articles

4 May 2010

Manifest differences

How do the 'law and order' policies of the main parties compare? Lucy Corrin examines the manifestos

4 May 2010

The right price?

Costs in low-value cases involving children are unnecessarily complicated and have led to battles between claimants and defendants, says David Ellis

4 May 2010

Mother of all battles

Two recent decisions show that the courts are increasingly prepared to transfer residence to the father where mothers repeatedly block contact arrangements. Miranda Fisher and Ayla Dogruyol report

29 Apr 2010

Judges are not biased against Christianity, Laws LJ says

Lord Justice Laws has hit back at claims made by former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey that judges are ignorant of and biased against Christian beliefs.

27 Apr 2010

A fragile mind

For all the advances in forensic science, expert and surveillance evidence (for which see 'Behind bars' passim, and without doubt futurim) the majority of criminal trials depend on eye witness evidence. Eye witness evidence depends on memory, and memory is a fragile, corruptible and partisan tool. Just how fragile is being demonstrated at the moment by a BBC and Open University series of 'Eyewitness' programmes running on Sunday nights, developed in conjunction with forensic psychologists and Greater Manchester Police.

27 Apr 2010

A broader perspective

The jurisdiction of a Land Registry adjudicator has been considerably widened in cases where an application for a restriction against a property has been made, says Chandni Ruparelia

27 Apr 2010

Virtual alienation

The right of tenants to 'virtually assign' leases has been strengthened by a recent case, but the change should also be welcomed by landlords, says Julian Sidoli del Ceno

20 Apr 2010

The wrong target

If implemented as they are, Jackson LJ's proposals will shift costs from defendants to claimants and reduce rather than increase access to justice, says Nigel Cooksley QC