The Family Court Practice 2013 (Mainwork + Autumn Supplement): The Red Book

Covering the entire range of family business in every level of court, The Family Court Practiceremains the acknowledged authority on practice and procedure. Completely revised and updated for 2013, it contains fully and expertly annotated statutes and rules together with scores of unique step-by-step procedural guides, which direct the user effortlessly to the relevant rules and annotations. Ensure you order your copy of the invaluable Red Book today.

What is New for 2013?

• All the latest amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010, including the new Practice Direction 15B and the new Part 25 with Practice Directions 25A–F
• All the latest amendments to the relevant Civil Procedure Rules 1998, including the new costs rules and accompanying Practice Directions implementing the Jackson reforms, the new Practice Directions 35 and 52A–E, and the new Part 81 with Practice Direction 81
• Important new judicial Practice Directions and guidance, including the Practice Direction of 24 March 2012 on Citation of Authorities, the President’s Guidance of May 2012 on Prior Authority for Experts, and the Legal Services Commission Guidance of January 2013 on Applications for Prior Authorities for Experts in Family Cases
• Revised and updated procedural guides, including new guidance on applications for recognition, non-recognition and enforcement of court orders under the 1996 Convention
• Expanded coverage of domestic legislation, including the Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (International Obligations) (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2010 and the International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007 etc) Regulations 2012
• Inclusion of the 1996 Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-Operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children and the 2007 Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance
• Analysis and coverage of the latest developments in case-law, including Re J (Children) [2013] UKSC 9, Re AI and MT [2013] EWHC 100 (Fam) and Kremen v Agrest [2012] EWHC 45 (Fam)

The Family Court Practice 2013 includes an Autumn Supplement which will be published at the end of November. Customers will be placed on standing order to receive this supplement and new editions of the red book, until countermanded.