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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 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 2003 now 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 of the new procedural regime for claims made under the Inheritance Act 1975; Full incorporation of the revisions made to the Family Proceedings Directions 1999; 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.