Child law

Re Webster [2009] EWCA Civ 59, [2009] All ER (D) 106 (Feb)

Court of Appeal, Civil Division Wall, Moore-Bick and Wilson LJJ, 11 February 2009

The Children Act in Practice

Richard White, AP Carr, Nigel Lowe & Alistair MacDonald

Lexis Nexis, £45.00, ISBN: 9781405725354

David Williams charts the changing approach to the representation of children in Hague Convention cases

The statutory legacy for bereaved spouses and civil partners has been doubled (from 1 February 2009).

Is now the time to turn your pre-nup into a post-nup? Asks Mark Irving

Re G (a child)(order: restriction on applications) [2008] EWCA Civ 1468; [2009] All ER (D) 60 (Jan)

Re P (children) (contact) [2008] EWCA Civ 1431, [2009] All ER (D) 55 (Jan)

Bird v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2008] EWHC 3159 (Admin), [2008] All ER (D) 250 (Dec)

Gary Yan reports on the exceptional use of s 91(14) prohibition

John Cooper on child protection post Baby P