Subjects:

Family Law

Contents:

Introduction and historical overview

Parental responsibility and disputes between parents

Local authorities and the family

Referrals, assessments and emergency intervention

Care and supervision orders

Adoption

Secure accommodation

Wardship and the inherent jurisdiction

Challenging decisions

This invaluable new work is a public child law companion to the successful title Children Act Private Law Proceedings: A Handbook by John Mitchell. The focus is on providing a clear, practical text with an examination of the key cases and an emphasis on fact-based examples. There are bullet-points at the beginning of each chapter summarising its content, procedural flowcharts and checklists.

The book is not simply a court work, it is set to become an essential companion for all legal practitioners and other related professionals, whether new to this important area of law, or more experienced.