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Does Charman v Charman mean farewell to the yardstick of equality? asks Nicholas Starks

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The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill will increase child support troubles, predicts David Burrows

Elizabeth Fitzgerald and Greville Healey discuss the construction of leases and the property rights of cohabiting couples

The controversial Child Support Agency (CSA) is to be replaced by C-MEC, a body with greatly enhanced powers to force non-resident parents to pay child maintenance.

Once bitten, twice shy? Not the Insider…

Alan Miller—who last year was ordered by the House of Lords to hand over £5m to his childless wife of three years—is taking his case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Payments to bereaved people do not come close to the financial loss they actually suffer, researchers claim.

Validity of a post-nuptial agreement

Family lawyers have backed calls by the Court of Appeal for a change in divorce laws following its judgment last week in Charman v Charman.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Moore Barlow—Jess Ready & Natasha Jones

Moore Barlow—Jess Ready & Natasha Jones

Commercial property and corporate teams expand in Southampton

Watershed—Rob Elliott

Watershed—Rob Elliott

Employment firm expands capability with experienced hire

Devonshires—Aoife Murphy & Mandeep Sahota

Devonshires—Aoife Murphy & Mandeep Sahota

Housing management and property litigation team bolstered by partner hires

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