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Shaping a new life

1 July 2010

The purpose and main features of permanence orders, introduced under the Adoption (Scotland) Act 2007, and how they affect local authorities and children's hearings panels.

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Cohabitation: the new legal landscape

1 July 2010

New legal rights for cohabitants are now in force, but many of them probably do not realise.