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Fully updated to contain all essential materials and commentary on the new procedural rules that came into force on 6 April.
This major work remains the acknowledged authority on practice and procedure in family courts and is relied upon every day by the judiciary, barristers, solicitors and justices’ clerks. Continuing to go from strength to strength, The Family Court Practice 2011 is the authoritative guide to this new comprehensive code. Including full coverage of the Rules, Practice Directions and updated legislation, this major wok provides the detailed explanation and guidance that you need to fully comply with the changes.
Now also including a new Autumn Supplement which you will automatically be sent later in the year, it will keep you reliably updated as the courts and or legislature provide further guidance and interpretation, the Red Book continues to set the standards for all court handbooks.
What is New for 2011?
- Full coverage of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 inculding detailed Destination/Derivation Tables and the new Practice Directions, with detailed explanation and guidance.
- Substantial updates to legislation and commentary to reflect changes under the new Family Procedure Rules
- Updated procedural guides, including new guidance on resolving doubt about capacity
- New legislation under the Children Act 1989 regarding looked after children and independent reviewing officers, as well as extensive new commentary on care orders
- Coverage of new legislation on pension compensation sharing orders under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
- Extended coverage of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, including: enforcement of judgments and orders; orders to obtain information from judgment debtors; third party debt orders; charging orders, stop orders and stop notices; greater coverage of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 and the County Court Rules 1989 as incorporated within CPR Schedules 1 and 2
- Up-to-date fees information for family proceedings, magistrates’ courts and the Supreme Court
- Analysis of the latest developments in case-law
- Important new judicial Practice Directions and related guidance
- Wider coverage of significant European Regulations
The Family Court Practice 2011 - Autumn Supplement
To ensure you are kept fully up-to-date, Family Law is publishing The Family Court Practice 2011 – Autumn Supplement. This practical handbook will provide you with all the essential developments, including guidance from the courts and legislature since the new rules came in to force 6 months ago, and will be available at the end of November. It will be sent on publication to purchasers of the 2011 red book and cannot be purchased separately.
What is included in the Autumn Supplement?
- Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010 and further judicial guidance
- New FPR Practice Direction 34C - Applications for Recognition and Enforcement To or From European Union Member States
- The Magistrates Courts (Enforcement or Variation of Orders Made in Family Proceedings and Miscellaneous Provisions) Rules 2011
- Amended legislation pursuant to the Maintenance Regulation
- Updated case law from the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal including the recent judgment in Kernott v Jones
- Useful additional practice guidance
Editor-in-Chief
The Rt Hon Lord Wilson of Culworth
General Editor
His Honour Judge Anthony Cleary
Consulting Editor
The Rt Hon Lady Justice Black
Contributors
District Judge Gordon Ashton OBE
Jane Bridge, Barrister
David Burrows, Solicitor Advocate
District Judge Neil Hickman
District Judge Robert Hill
Michael Keehan QC
The Rt Hon Lord Justice McFarlane
Her Honour Nasreen Pearce
District Judge Caroline Reid
David Salter, Solicitor
Maggie Silver, Family Legal Services Manager, Surrey Magistrates' Court
"Every year since 1993, 'The Family Court Practice' - the much valued 'Red Book' - has provided what has become the definitive work of reference in family law ... The 2011 edition reflects some quite enormous changes that have taken place since last year's edition. The most important change, with which all family practitioners are familiarizing themselves, is the coming into force in April 2011 of the Family Procedure Rules 2010, which extend to some 273 pages of text ... The fact that this work is published yearly keeps it topical and up to date ... such attributes include its ease of use, compactness, clarity of presentation and the reliabilty of the text ... "Where do I find it in the Red Book?" is, according to Wilson, a commonplace query on the part of the judges and woebetide the practitioner who hasn't brought a copy along.So if you haven't bought this year's particularly important edition, better do it now."
Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers
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