Subjects:

Family Law, Key Annual Titles

A single volume source of key children proceedings legislation and related guidance. It contains consolidated, fully amended and annotated texts of the Children Act 1989. Hershman & McFarlane Children Act Handbook 2007/08 meets the need for a reliable, up-to-date and yet still portable source, and will be used in court by all child law practitioners, judges and social workers.

• Adoption and Children Act 2002, ss 1, 18-29, 52
• Best Practice Guidance (Handbook of Best Practice in Children Act cases)
• Family Proceedings Rules 1991: Part I, Part II, rr 2.38–2.40, 2.57, Parts III–VI, Part VII, rr 7.1–7.3, 7.7–7.15, Parts VIII–X, Appendices 1 and 3
• Family Proceedings Courts (CA 1989) Rules 1991
• Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991
• Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Appeals) Order 1991
• Family Proceedings (Allocation to Judiciary) Directions 1999
• Practice Direction (Case Management) [1995] 1 FLR 456
• Best Practice Guidance (Handbook of Best Practice in Children Act cases)
• Practice Direction (Human Rights Act 1998) [2000] 2 FLR 429
• B v B (Court Bundles: Video Evidence) [1994] 1 FLR 323
• President’s Guidance (The Private Law Programme)
• Protocol for Judicial Case Management in Public Law Children Act Cases
• Perpetual Calendar