Hershman & McFarlane: Children Act Handbook 2013/14

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