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Twenty Years of the Scottish Parliament in Child and Family Law (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2019, October). Twenty Years of the Scottish Parliament in Child and Family Law. Presented at Twenty Years of the Scottish Parliament in Child and Family Law, Edinburgh

Three funded workshops celebrating the work of the Scottish Parliament in the field of Child and Family Law. I co-organised and co-chaired each of the three day-long workshops.

From 'Theybies' to Trans Youth': Article 5 of the UNCRC and Childhood Gender Variance (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2019, July). From 'Theybies' to Trans Youth': Article 5 of the UNCRC and Childhood Gender Variance. Paper presented at University of Cambridge Convention on the Rights of the Child colloquium 2019

This paper critically evaluates the treatment of trans and gender varied children and parents by family courts. A comparative analysis of UK, American and Canadian judgments is presented.

Issues of Rights and Capacity: child and adolescent medical decisions (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macfarlane, L. (2015, November). Issues of Rights and Capacity: child and adolescent medical decisions. Paper presented at Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland, Child and Adolescent Faculty Conference

No abstract available.

Serving best interests in Known Biological Father disputes (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macfarlane, L. (2015, July). Serving best interests in Known Biological Father disputes. Paper presented at Convention on the Rights of the Child Implementation Project Colloquium

Article 3 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child provides that in ‘all actions concerning children’ the ‘best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration’. Increasing diversity in family life raises increasingly diverse issues in... Read More about Serving best interests in Known Biological Father disputes.

Children and their capacity in Scots Law: medical decision-making (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macfarlane, L. (2015, March). Children and their capacity in Scots Law: medical decision-making. Paper presented at Centre for Mental Health and Incapacity Law, Rights and Policy Conference

No abstract available.

Parents' and Pupils' Rights (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macfarlane, L. (2009, September). Parents' and Pupils' Rights. Paper presented at Education Law for Teachers: CLT conference

No abstract available.

What does 'impracticable' mean in family proceedings involving children? (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macfarlane, L. (2009, June). What does 'impracticable' mean in family proceedings involving children?. Paper presented at Research on Children's Views: Centre for Research on Families and Relationships

A consideration of the interpretation by Scottish courts of the possible 'impracticability' of taking the child's views in family court cases.

Education Law and the Child's place (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macfarlane, L. (2008, September). Education Law and the Child's place. Paper presented at Central Law Training: Education Law Conference

No abstract available.

Children's Views in the Family Court Process (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macfarlane, L. (2008, April). Children's Views in the Family Court Process. Paper presented at Central Law Training, Child Law Conference

No abstract available.