Author Description

Family Court Practice is the acknowledged authority on practice and procedure in British family courts and is relied upon every day by the judiciary, barristers, solicitors and justices' clerks in the UK. 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. Family Court Practice 2004 now includes: substantial updating of case-law under the Children Act 1989 and the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 to reflect all recent developments; full incorporation of Adoption and Children Act 2002, s 111 and the Adoption (Amendment) Rules 2003; examination of the potential impact of Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Pt VII; enhanced coverage of pension sharing issues; text of Crime and Disorder Act 1998, ss 1, 1B (anti-social behavior orders); comprehensive commentary and step-by-step guides reflecting the introduction of the Protocol for Judicial Case Management in Public Law Children Act Cases; Statement of Good Practice issued by the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the appointment of solicitors for children in specified proceedings; and important President's Guidance governing intercountry adoption.