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A Practical Guide to Family Proceedings, 7th Edition

A Practical Guide to Family Proceedings, 7th Edition

Author: District Judge Robert Blomfield; Helen Brooks; District Judge Richard Robertson; Clive Buckley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing)
ISBN: 9781526524317

Previous Edition ISBN: 9781526501776
Published In: October 2022
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781526524355

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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, Principal Registry of the Family Division, other district registries and county courts.

The 7th edition includes the following:

- Divorce reform Changes to Committal proceedings
- Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (inc PD 12J and Rule 3A)
- Presumption of diminished evidence and vulnerability of witnesses (PD 3A)
- Jurisdiction issues Parental alienation International adoption

Part I - Proceedings for:

Divorce
Judicial Separation
Nullity
Civil Partnership
Gender - Recognition
Presumption of Death and Dissolution
Declaration of Marital Status
Declaration of Parentage
Legitimacy and Legitimation

Part II - Financial Applications

Part III - Children

Part IV - Injunctions and Enforcement

Part V - The Court Record

Appendices

Family Procedure Rules 2010
Supplementary Practice Directions

District Judge Robert Blomfield
Helen Brooks, the Training Officer of the Principal Registry of the Family Division
With District Judge Richard Robinson, Principal Registry of the Family Division and Clive Buckley, the Secretary to the Family Procedure Rule Committee

Reviews of previous editions

“will help practitioners avoid the vast majority of the most common pitfalls ... Buy it. Use it”
New Law Journal

“not only very useful as an aide memoire for the family specialist but also an invaluable source of broad based guidance for the general practitioner”
HHJ Patrick O’Brien

“Procedure in family law is of the utmost importance. This excellent book supports that principle with its easy and clear approach. I commend it to both the practitioner and layman alike”
Herbert Bennett F.Inst.L.Ex
Charles Russell LLP

“I am a post graduate law student soon to get under way with the LPC at the College of Law. During my final year at university I took family law as one of my options and was considerably assisted in understanding the subject by having a copy of Blomfield and Brooks readily to hand”
Rachel Smith LLB, Northamptonshire