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Hair today Gone tomorrow

November 13, 2010

In cases where the misuse of alcohol and/or illegal drugs by a parent is an issue the courts often direct that tests should be carried out on a sample of hair to provide evidence. Judgment has now been delivered in a case involving Hair Alcohol Testing (LB Richmond v B & W [2010] EWCA 2903). [...]

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