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Re L (Contact: Domestic Violence); Re V (Contact: Domestic Violence); Re M (Contact: Domestic Violence); Re H (Contact: Domestic Violence) [2000] 2 FLR 334. The “first intimation of change”, according to Kaganas and Day Sclater (2000), was the judgment of Hale J in Re D (Contact: Reasons for Refusal) [1997] 2 FLR 48.
SRJ v DWJ [1999] 2 FLR 176.
White v White [2001] 1 AC 596.
Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] 2 AC 618.
R (on the application of Williamson) v Secretary of State for Education and Employment [2005] 2 AC 246.
R v Bournewood Community and Mental Health NHS Trust, ex parte L [1998] 1 All ER 634 (CA); R v Bournewood Community and Mental Health NHS Trust, ex parte L [1999] 1 AC 458 (HL).
R (on the application of Wilkinson) v Broadmoor Hospital [2002] 1 WLR 419.
R (on the application of Munjaz) v Mersey Care NHS Trust [2004] QB 395.
R (on the application of Munjaz) v Mersey Care NHS Trust [2006] 2 AC 148.
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We would like to thank Professor Celia Wells, then President of the SLS, for inviting us to participate in the conversation reproduced above. We would also like to thank the members of the audience for their overwhelmingly positive and enthusiastic response to a conference plenary session that adopted a novel format.
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Hale, B., Hunter, R. A Conversation with Baroness Hale. Fem Leg Stud 16, 237–248 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-008-9090-5
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