The Family Court Practice 2015

The Family Court Practice (the Red Book), covers the entire range of family business and contains all the essential materials you need to practice in the Family Court.

The new edition is fully updated to include the latest case-law, full coverage of new and amended legislation, Practice Directions and guidance. It also contains fully and expertly annotated statutes and rules together with scores of unique step-by-step procedural guides, which direct you effortlessly to the relevant rules and annotation.

The Autumn Supplement will automatically be sent to you later in the year, to keep you reliably updated on the latest developments.

New for 2015 ...

• New Procedural Guides:
  • Lay Justices’ Power to Enforce Orders for Financial Provision;
  • Obtaining Information from the Debtor; and
  • Alternative Procedure for Applications in Family Proceedings (FPR 2010, Pt 19).
• Updated notes on: the new offence of breaching a Forced Marriage Protection Order; habitual residence; same-sex parenting; and reporting restrictions.

   

• The latest amendments to the Family Procedure Rules, including:
  • the latest rules on Habeas Corpus;
  • new PD2B (References in the Rules to Actions done by the Court or by a Court Officer); and
  • new Part 38 (Recognition and Enforcement of Protection Measures) and PD38A.
• The latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules, including:
  • Proceedings under the Presumption of Death Act 2013 (in Pt 57) and PD57B; and
  • new Part 87 (Applications for Writ of Habeas Corpus).
• Coverage of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, as amended by the Serious Crime Act 2015.

   

• The latest guidance on: committal for contempt of court; the role of the Attorney-General in appointing advocates and special advocates; and the role of the ICACU.

   

• Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 (‘the Evidence Regulation’).

   

• A full summary of Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters.
• Now features fully indexed commentary.