- Fam1
- The Law is Hesitant in its Protection of the Family 3,813 Words
- Fam2
- Problem Question s28, s25(2)(b) MCA 1973. Periodical Payments Child Support Agency 1,500 Words
- Fam3
- How Successful has the English Concept of Marriage Evolved as a Legal Institution 10,000 Words
- Fam4
- Richard’s v Richard’s 1984 Jurisprudence on Matrimonial Injunctions Child Care Welfare Paramount 2,000 Words
- Fam5
- Problem question Harry and Wendy, Child Support Act Financial relief. Scottish Law. Outline only.
- Fam6
- * Problem question Property/trust Family Law Act 1996 DC
- Fam7
- Notes on divorce and desertion.
- Fam8
- Child Support Act Family Law Act 1996
- Fam9
- * Critically discuss the statutory provisions regarding divorce contained in the Family Law Act 1996. 2 014 words.
- Fam10
- It is now widely thought that the legal position of married and unmarried couples should be harmonised in law. It may be that if the obligation of marriage were considered as well as the rights associated with the married state, there might be less pressure for such harmonisation. Discuss. DC
- Fam11
- * Problem Question. Divorce and non-molestation orders. Outline only.
- Fam12
- * "The two decades which have passed sine 1974 have seen major demographic changes ….in social and political attitudes”. Has the law.. kept pace with these changes? Discuss with reference to a family law issue Abortion DC
- Fam13
- * If children’s rights are to be respected, then they (meaning children) should be allowed both to consent and to refuse medical treatment. Discuss. Outline DC
- Fam14A
- /B/C/D/E * Critically consider the extent to which the reform of the laws relating both divorce and family violence introduced by the Family Law Act 1996 offers improvements to the existing laws. DC
- Fam15
- * Indirect Contributions to Purchase Price. Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Act Problem Question 1,500 words. DC
- Fam16 *
- "One can readily predict that if the Lord Chancellor’s proposals are enacted, the queue for mediation will soon become so long, and the mediation process so short that it will be labelled a meaningless formality, ripe for reform, and the law will be changed again to remove this feeble attempt at controlling the breakdown rate” Do you agree with this view. Outline Answer. DC
- Fam17
- Problem question on adoption/ care etc. 3600. DC
- Fam18
- The courts interpretation of parental responsibility for fathers focus more on fathers’ rights children’s needs . Discuss. 2200.SEB
- Fam19
- * 1998 Sociological divorce moral & religious issues rebutting a partnership For life. Appraisal of looking to the future - Lord Chancellor DISK ONLY
- Fam20 *
- Divorce is an issue of great concern to many, in which moral and religious Views that marriage should be for life. I believe that a household wife with Such an ideal should provide the most stable and secure background for The birth and development of children. However I recognise that the civil Must accommodate many situations which although less than ideal, do Occur in practice . In the light of those considerations the framework Proposal in the white paper is in my opinion the best that can be devised. Critical analysis.
- Fam21
- A/B * ‘The Law regulating parents responsibilities towards their children needs strengthening and clarifying’ Discuss and give specific examples of suggested changes which would benefit those working with children.
- Fam22
- * How successful have developments in UK Family Law promoted equality between the sexes? FAMILY LAW
- Fam23
- * The main aim of the law relating to domestic violence is to regulate and improve matters for the future in particular by making orders about the future use of property or the future behaviour of the parties rather than making judgments on or punishing past behaviour. Do you consider that provisions contained in Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996 and the Protection of Harassment Act 1997 achieve this aim and give adequate protection to the victims of domestic violence?
- Fam24
- The Family Law Act 1996 – implementation schedule (A).
- Fam25
- Women and the law: Domestic violence/marital rape (A). Family Law – "a bit of a racket” (A).
- Fam26
- * Parental responsibility – s.3 of the Children Act – parental rights to unmarried father. Lord Chancellor’s consultation paper.
- Fam27
- What is the function of adoption today? Would you agree with the statement that the primary function is that of long-term child care? If so should natural parents and other relatives be allowed contact? Critically analyse the Adoption Bill.
- Fam28
- To what extent does the law in England protect the rights of minors surrounding abortion?
- Fam29
- Family breakdown – problem question. Provisions include Family Law Act 1996, Child Support Act, Matrimonial Causes Act as amended
- Fam30
- * Rights of foster parents (1500 words)
- Fam31 *
- "Contact with an absent parent: the rights of a child or the rights of parent” (3000 words)
- Fam32 *
- Outline: "Reproductive technologies raise a number of social, legal and ethical problems for the law when dealing with the regulation of the family.” Critically assess, focusing on abortion.
- Fam33
- * What may be done to counteract the impact of poor parenting on the likelihood of children committing offences? (4000 words
- Fam34
- * Family Mediation and the legal system – is this the way forward. (Word Count 6982)
- Fam35
- * Does the law in England and Wales define what makes a good parent, and If so how. What should be the criteria for being considered a good parent. (word count 4397)
- Fam36
- * Marriage and Cohabitation (word count 2,795)
- Fam37
- * Law of Family breakdown. . (word count 2453)
- Fam39 *
- I am asked to advise Sophie as to whether she may be entitled to make application for ancillary Word Count 1550 Disc
- Fam40
- Family Aboration Word Count 2700 ND
- Fam41 *
- "The law on nullity is out of date and out of touch with life today.” Discuss this statement and consider whether the retention of the law on nullity can be justified. 2400 words.
- Fam42
- "A decree of nullity affords the applicant the court’s wide range of available powers in its ancillary provisions jurisdiction. But there may be good policy reasons to preclude such actions.” Discuss. Outline only.800 words.
- Fam43 *
- Behaviour injunction. Power of arrest. Ancillary relief
- Fam44 *
- Ref:- Moly conjoined twins. Outline synopsis for dissertation Re (A) (children) (conjoined twins) 4 all Er961 Word Count 784.
- Fam45 *
- A question dealing with the law on relating to the circumstances in which a child may consent to medical treatment that his parents or guardians are unwilling to consent to on his behalf. Includes case of Mallette v Shulman (1990) 67 DLR (4th) 321 in which it was held that: "Every human being of adult years and of sound mind has a right to determine what shall be done with his own body; and a surgeon who performs an operation without his patient consent commits assault for which he is liable”. 2 Versions + disc. Words 2425
- Fam46 *
- Grounds for divorce and financial/ property settlement Word count 2114, on disk
- Fam47 *
- Two-part problem question. Custody. David and Elaine lived together for 5 years, but never married. They have 1 child aged 4…ten months ago Elaine left the home they shared. Explores whether Elaine is likely to oppose Dave successfully in court. And, the argument that the law places too much emphasis on the role of the father and that this emphasis is to the detriment of care taking mothers and children. Word count 2985, on disk.
- Fam48 *
- Problem question. The validity of marriage. "In 1980 Wendy and Hannibal, a wine exporter, went through a marriage ceremony in Hannibal’s London flat according to the rites of an ancient religious sect which now exists only in Polydipsia, a small Balkan state.” Word count 3141, on disk
- Fam49 *
- Divorce question, Mark vs. Ellen. Divorce and alternative legal options; Mediation or Conciliation, Separation Agreements, Judicial Separation by way of Court Order, Injunctions or emergency applications, Formal Separation. Word count 3, 086, on disk
- Fam50 *
- Transsexuals. The law relating to the validity of marriage of post-operative transsexual is in urgent need of reform. Word count 4760
- Fam51
- Wills. How to write a valid will, the contents of a will. Testator, Settler, Personal Representatives, Probate, Survivorship ` Word count? (no disk at present)
- Fam52
- This essay critically examines whether heterosexual desires are provided a privileged social status via the institution of marriage, which at the same time imbues other sexual activities and relationships with a lesser status Word count 2, 795 (no disk at present)
- Fam53 *
- What are the two main issues when advising Frank whether he can gain parental responsibilities and the rights that flow from this and can he stop Miranda from taking Cathy out of the country? (s 2 (4) (1) (b) Children Act 1989, Re P (a Minor) Parental responsibility order 1994 F.L.R 504, S 13 Children’s Act 1989, May v May 1986 F.L.R 325 Word count 1976 (on disk) LA
- Fam54 *
- Fathers. Parental responsibility. Fathers’ rights / children’s needs. 2200 words.
- Fam55 *
- Problem question. Adoption, care. 3600 words.
- Fam56 *
- Domestic Violence Family Law Act 1996. Throughout history, domestic violence was dismissed as a purely private matter by English Law. Word Count 10,000 (On CD-ROM)
- Fam57
- Domestic violence. History, remedies, Family Law Act 1996, etc. 2400 words.
- Fam58
- * History of English Law. Questions: Explain how the illegitimate child was subject to severe disadvantages. Bastardy/Illegitimacy in medieval and early modern England. Additionally, discuss the consequences for a child e.g. inheritance of property looking at Conflicting approaches adopted by the church and state. Word Count 4350 (On CD-ROM)
- Fam59 *
- Void and Voidable Marriages. Consummation, Child Support Act 1991, Decree of Nullity, Ancillary Relief, Matrimonial Home, No Molestation Orders (Hugo and Valeria) Word Count 3193, (On CD-ROM)
- Fam60
- Childrens Act 1989 and Adoption Act 1976 State that Children should be brought up by own Parents, should the state intervene courts dilemma. Word Count 3000 (no Disk).
- Fam61
- Family Law Essay (Wendy and Family) discussing parental responsibility, fathers and court directions for scientific tests, new accommodation and custody laws, social services and their rights within the law. Word Count 3000 (No Disk)
- FAM 62
- CRITICALLY EVULATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH MARRIAGE HAS BEEN…AND IS LIKELY TO REMAIN A CONVIENT LEGAL CONCEPT IN REGULATING THE FAMILY
- FAM63
- The question requires an examination of the law relating to family and marriage. In particular there is a need to examine the law relating to . The marriage ceremony: - formalities vis a vis the law - preliminaries to the marriage - solemnization of the marriage - registration of marriage - the consequences of any irregularities Word count 1,290.
- FAM64
- Problem question on surrogacy. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (1990) under Section 13 (5). Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985. Adoption Act 1976 s 57. 3212 words.