The Children (Scotland) Bill 2019: what would it do for children?
Presentation / Conference
Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2019, November)
The Children (Scotland) Bill 2019: what would it do for children?
Presentation at final workshop in RSE-funded workshop series, co-organised by me.
Twenty Years of the Scottish Parliament in Child and Family Law
Presentation / Conference
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 workshop...
Issues of Rights and Capacity: child and adolescent medical decisions
Presentation / Conference
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
Presentation / Conference
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’...
Children and their capacity in Scots Law: medical decision-making
Presentation / Conference
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.
Observations on the operation of Article 6 of the CRC in Scotland
Presentation / Conference
Macfarlane, L. (2014, March)
Observations on the operation of Article 6 of the CRC in Scotland. Paper presented at Colloquium on the Rights of the Child
No abstract available.
An overview of changing legislaiton for Additional Support Needs
Presentation / Conference
Macfarlane, L. (2010, January)
An overview of changing legislaiton for Additional Support Needs. Paper presented at Additional Support Needs Conference: CLT
No abstract available.
Parents' and Pupils' Rights
Presentation / Conference
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?
Presentation / Conference
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
Presentation / Conference
Macfarlane, L. (2008, September)
Education Law and the Child's place. Paper presented at Central Law Training: Education Law Conference
No abstract available.