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Family Law, Key Annual Titles

The Family Court Practice is the acknowledged 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.

New in 2007 edition:-

• Substantial amendments to the Children Act 1989 annotations, including the separate representation of children in proceedings, shared residence orders, Schedule 1 finance cases and the first reported special guardianship orders.
• Child abduction case-law update.
• Overview of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and prospective amendment commentary to the Children and Adoption Act 2006.
• Update of material regarding the publication of information relating to proceedings including Clayton v Clayton and Re Webster.
• Revision of Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 25 case-law to include the House of Lords’ opinions in Miller; McFarlane.
• Important new Practice Directions and related guidance on Court Bundles, Urgent and Out of Hours Applications in the Family Division of the High Court and Appointment of Guardians in Private Law Proceedings.
• Substantial alterations to the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 annotations, including the areas of disability, procedure before first appointment, the FDR appointment, service out of jurisdiction and expert evidence.
• Extension of pension coverage to include new Pension Protection Fund material and Martin-Dye v Martin-Dye.