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Hershman & McFarlane: Children Act Handbook 2013/14

Hershman & McFarlane: Children Act Handbook 2013/14

Author: A McFarlane
Publisher: Family Law LexisNexis
ISBN: 9781846617188
Published In: July 2013
Format: Paperback
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Herhsman & McFarlane Children Act Handbook 2013/14 provides a single volume source of key children proceedings legislation and related guidance. It contains consolidated and fully amended texts of the Children Act 1989 and relevant provisions of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 and supplementary Practice Directions including:

Practice Direction 36C - Pilot Scheme: Care and Supervision Proceedings and Other Proceedings under Part 4 of the Children Act 1989
Pilot Scheme PD12A - Care, Supervision and Other Part 4 Proceedings: Guide to Case Management
President's Guidance on Allocation and Gatekeeping for Care, Supervision and other Part 4 Proceedings (1 July 2013)
President's Guidance on the Use of Prescribed Documents (1 July 2013)

The Handbook meets the need for a reliable, up-to-date and yet still portable source which is specifically designed for use in court by all child law practitioners, judges and social workers.

Preface From the first edition

In the ten years since the publication of Children Law and Practice, one drawback of the layout of the text has been that, in order to have both the commentary and the statutory material at court, it has been necessary for users to carry both volumes of the work with them. This modestly sized handbook is being published in order to ease the physical burden on users by providing core statutory material in a portable supplement.

We hope that this handbook will be a useful addition to the family law library and that the selection that we have made is sufficient to meet both the need for portability and the need to provide essential core material. Any suggestions for additional material are welcome.

The Children Act Handbook will be updated each year and issued as part of the subscription package to all Children Law and Practice subscribers. In addition, the Handbook will be available for sale separately to non-subscribers.

David Hershman and Andrew McFarlane
August 2001

Preface to the First Edition

Part I – Statutes

Adoption and Children Act 2002
ss 1, 18–29, 52
Children Act 1989

Part II – Statutory Instruments

Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings Order 2008
Family Procedure Rules 2010
Relevant core Rules and Practice Directions

Part III – Practice Directions and Guidance

Practice Direction (Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings) (3 November 2008)
Family Proceedings (Allocation to Judiciary) Directions 2009 (16 February 2009)
President’s Guidance (Applications Consequent upon the Attendance of the Media in Family Proceedings) (22 April 2009)
President’s Guidance on Allocation and Gatekeeping for Care, Supervision and Other Part 4 Proceedings (1 July 2013)
President’s Guidance on the Use of Prescribed Documents (1 July 2013)

Part IV – Miscellaneous

Calendars 2011–2014
Holidays and Notable Dates

The Rt Hon Sir Andrew McFarlane

Andrew McFarlane was called to the Bar in 1977 and practiced in chambers in Birmingham until 1993 when he moved to specialist family law chambers in London. He appeared at all levels of court including the House of Lords and the European Court of Human Rights. He was appointed as a QC in 1998. In April 2005 he was appointed to the High Court, Family Division and was for 5 years the Family Division Liaison Judge for the Midland Circuit. He has recently been a member of the Government ‘Family Justice Review’ Panel. In July 2011 he was appointed to be a Lord Justice of Appeal and now sits full time in the Court of Appeal in London.

Together with the late David Hershman he is the co-author of a loose-leaf legal text entitled Hershman and McFarlane: Children: Law and Practice. In addition he has contributed to other publications and lectured throughout the UK and abroad.

He has been a trustee of YoungMinds (the national young person’s mental health charity). He is Chancellor of the Diocese of Exeter. He has been a native of Herefordshire and Worcestershire for over 20 years.

"essential ... it is a great boon to have all these materials in one relatively small volume ... this volume is a must"
New Law Journal

"indispensable"
Counsel

"a useful addition to the practitioner's family law library"
ChildRIGHT

"recommended as an easy-to-use key source"
Legal Executive Journal

"A must if you specialize in this field"
Internet Law Book Reviews

"As good as ever"
Association of Lawyers for Children

"The major benefits of the book are – in addition to its accuracy and comprehensive nature – its portability and ease, making it ideal for court … a must have acquisition for the specialist practitioners library"
Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers