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Computers shouldn’t replace common sense in child protection procedures, says Richard Scorer
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A practitioner’s guide to DNA testing for paternity, by Charles Foster
The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill will increase child support troubles, predicts David Burrows
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.
The Human Rights Act 1998 did not give rise to a duty of care to the parent of a child on the part of a local authority when exercising, through social workers, its duty to protect children from abuse, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant
International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner
Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth