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Are local authorities liable for abuse within foster placements, regardless of the child’s relationship to the foster parents? Christopher Ratcliffe traces recent case law

The recent case of footballer Kyle Walker and his girlfriend Lauryn Goodman is a useful illustration of the approach the courts will take in financial provision cases where the parties have not been married, write Samantha Farndale, partner at Stowe Family Law, and Tara Lyons, barrister at Pump Court Chambers, in this week’s NLJ

Samantha Farndale & Tara Lyons analyse two Schedule 1 cases, both showing the court’s focus on needs in relation to financial provision for children

The relationship between foster parents and a local authority was held to be akin to employment even though the foster parents and foster child were related, in a recent Court of Appeal case on vicarious liability for abuse suffered

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Could this be an end to the wash-spin-repeat of financial remedies litigation? Nicholas Fairbank considers the decision in Ma v Roux

A recent case could have significant implications for the wash-spin-repeat cycle of financial remedies litigation, as Nicholas Fairbank, barrister at 4PB, explains in this week’s NLJ

If the new Labour Lord Chancellor could make three changes to family law procedure, what should they be?

Family law procedure from the genie’s bottle. In the first of two articles, David Burrows calls for change

Drug, alcohol and DNA testing laboratory AlphaBiolabs has made a £500 donation to Juno Women’s Aid in Nottingham as part of its Giving Back campaign

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