Specifically designed for use in court Hershman & McFarlane Children Act Handbook 2017/18 provides a portable, single volume source of key children proceedings legislation and related guidance. It includes consolidated and fully amended texts of the Children Act 1989 and relevant provisions of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 and supplementary Practice Directions.

“The law relating to children does not seem to stand still long enough to have its photograph taken…” So says Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, before endorsing the one book he says has captured its image. THE guide to current, important and commonly misunderstood issues in public children law. Drawing together the key statute, case law, and procedure in relation to twelve central themes, Public Children Law: Contemporary Issues explores and examines current issues of particular difficulty in public children law, with an emphasis on those with an international...

Specifically designed for use in court Hershman & McFarlane Children Act Handbook 2018/19 provides a portable, single volume source of key children proceedings legislation and related guidance. It includes consolidated and fully amended texts of the Children Act 1989 and relevant provisions of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 and supplementary Practice Directions.

This court practice guide enables you to avoid the most common pitfalls encountered across the spectrum of family proceedings, thereby speeding up litigation and avoiding unnecessary work and wasted costs orders. It covers every aspect of the court process across family proceedings, from divorce and financial remedies to private law and public law children, injunctions and committals and appeals. The guidance is set out with clear references to source materials and is supplemented by forms and other practical information. The work is a key staple widely referred to within the Family Court,...