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Plans to allow the media open access to family courts have been shelved by the government following consultation.

The Child Support Agency (CSA) does not owe a duty of care to the children and parents on whose behalf it collects maintenance, the Court of Appeal ruled this week.

A practitioner’s guide to DNA testing for paternity, by Charles Foster

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).

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

mfg Solicitors—Hayley Pearce & Lauren Williams

mfg Solicitors—Hayley Pearce & Lauren Williams

Law firm mfg Solicitors announces promotions at Ludlow office

Womble Bond Dickinson—Richard Sharpe

Womble Bond Dickinson—Richard Sharpe

Womble Bond Dickinson appoints partner in Leeds residential team

Brabners—six promotions

Brabners—six promotions

Brabners adds six to partnership in record year for partner promotions

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Cross-border disputes increasingly demand creative approaches to gathering evidence, with litigators needing to look beyond traditional letters of request
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified the distinction between contracts of 'indefinite' and 'perpetual' duration, with potentially significant implications for commercial drafting
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