Product Description

"The Family Court Practice" is an authority on practice and procedure in family courts and is relied upon every day by the judiciary, barristers, solicitors and justices' clerks. Covering the entire range of family business in every level of court, in just one volume it contains fully and expertly annotated statutes and rules together with scores of unique step-by-step procedural guides, which direct the user effortlessly to the relevant rules and annotation. "The Family Court Practice 2003" includes: substantial updating of case-law (including ECHR jurisprudence) under the Children Act 1989 and the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 to reflect all recent developments; examination of the impact of Clibbery v Allan and consideration of the appropriate mode of court hearing (open/private/confidential) across the full range of family proceedings; comprehensive commentary and step-by-step guide reflecting the introduction (by virtue of CPR 1998, Pt 57) of the new procedural regime for claims made under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975; full incorporation of the revisions made to the Family Proceedings (Allocation to Judiciary) Directions 1999 by the FP(AJ) (Amendment) Directions 2002 which came into force on 30 August 2002 and apply to all proceedings commenced thereafter. It also includes: insertion of new provisions into the Children Act 1989 (by the Care Standards Act 2000) in respect of children's homes and appeals to the Care Standards Tribunal; prospective coverage of the Adoption and Children Act 2002; best practice guidance issued by the Ancillary Relief Advisory Group on instructing a single joint expert in such proceedings; and important President's Direction governing judicial continuity and the avoidance of delay in the hearing of cases in the Family Division of the High Court.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3767242 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover

Review
"for day-to-day use in the courts the red-bound Family Court Practice is unrivalled" Butterworths Litigation Journal