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08 May 2008 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7320 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Civil Way: 9 May 2008

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LAWBITES
Blood money

A scientific test to establish parentage under a Family Law Reform Act 1969, s 20 direction has to be carried out by an accredited body. In other situations, an unaccredited body can do the job, but do steer clear of Jekyll, Hyde & Co or the court may be unimpressed.
Complement Genomics Ltd of Sunderland trading as Dadcheck (really) has just been added to the accredited list. And to celebrate the occasion, in came the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/972) on 25 April 2008. They hike the accredited tester’s fee from £27.50 to £37.90 per sample; scrap the dispensation for a subject under 12 months to have their photograph attached to the direction form relating to them before the sample is taken; and require each sample to be placed in not only a container that is suitable but waterproof to

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