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Section 28 no bar to unjust enrichment claim, full bench rules
Ex-cohabitee fails as case based on prescribed contractual right
Families Need Fathers becomes Shared Parenting Scotland
Sir James Munby to speak at February relaunch
Pre-recording of child evidence in force from today
New provisions apply to most High Court cases
Financial provision can be incidental order only, sheriff rules
Minute of agreement not a bar to making s 14 order
Judges voice concerns over aspects of Children Bill
Submission to Justice Committee raises practicality and workability issues
Draft Gender Recognition Bill released for views
Ministers claim no adverse impact on women from new declaration system
Child restraint rules for schools to be clarified
Minister acts in face of court challenge
MSPs seek views on Civil Partnership Bill
Stage 1 opens on bill to allow choice to different sex couples
Surrogacy law must prevent exploitation, and secure child welfare: Faculty
Consultation response accepts surrogacy as "fact of life"
Updated youth justice standards proposed in new consultation
Framework for auditing services supporting young offenders
Two members' bill proposals put out for public views
Disabled children, and remote rural communities, the focus for new moves
Appeal sheriffs issue guidance for child contact case procedure
Sheriff wrong to adjourn proof for child welfare hearing
Call for education as smacking ban passes final Holyrood stage
Society warns of need for parental information campaign
Mixed sex Civil Partnership Bill comes before Holyrood
Reform will give same legal union options to all couples
Family law advocates welcome surrogacy proposals
AFLA calls for certainty as to parenthood from birth
Law Commissions propose new surrogacy legal process
Discussion paper suggests allowing parental recognition from birth
Female genital mutilation protections to be strengthened by new bill
Civil protection orders proposed for those at risk
Majority for smacking ban bill at stage 1
Opponents continue to attack interference with family life
Justice Committee takes up mental health for detained young people
Review begins off care in secure units and Polmont YOI
Children's Rights Convention: ministers consult on making it law
UN "gold standard" to become part of Scots domestic law
Smacking ban bill given majority support by Holyrood committee
Stage 1 report backs member's bill by 5-2 majority
Age of Criminal Responsibility Bill passes final stage
Final attempt to raise age beyond 12 defeated
Group to look at further rise in criminal responsibility age
Ministers to set up team to consider limit beyond age 12
Child intimation court forms to be replaced
New rules come into force in June