THE PRACTITIONERS' GUIDE TO CHILD LAW 2010

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The Guide details and analyses Public and Private law provisions within the Children Act 1989 (as amended and extended by the Adoption and Children Act 2002; the Children Act 2004 and the Children and Adoption Act 2006 and the Children & Young Persons Act 2008), Court Rules and Regulations, Practice Directions, Guidance, Circulars and decisions in the courts. The Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights are incorporated within the Guideas are the Public Law Outline; the Practice Direction "Experts in Family Proceedings Relating to Children" and the Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings Order 2008.
The Guide is updated monthly to ensure that Guides received by new subscribers are completely up-to-date.

Chapter 1
Procedure governing applications for orders; transfer of proceedings; bundles and documentary evidence; directions hearings; instruction of experts; interim & final hearings; costs and appeals.

Chapter 2
Appointment and duties of CAFCASS officers in Private and Public law proceedings; appointment of CAFCASS and private practice Solicitors as the Guardian-ad-litem for children in Private law proceedings; appointment of Solicitor for the child in Public law cases; Law Society guidance for Solicitors where a Children's Guardian has not been appointed.

Chapter 3
Parental Responsibility; the legal relationship between married/unmarried parents and their children; appointment of Legal Guardians; acquisition of parental responsibility by a step-parent .

Chapter 4
Section 8 Private law orders in respect of children, including Special Guardianship Orders.

Chapter 5
Financial provision and property transfer orders for the benefit of children.

Chapters 6-9
Public law proceedings, looked at from the point of view of the local authority (Ch. 6); the child (Ch. 7); parents and others with parental responsibility (Ch. 8) and others such as relatives with no parental responsibility for the child (Ch. 9).

COMPREHENSIVE INDEX

The Guide contains a detailed index and cross referencing together with an Appendix setting out relevant provisions within the European Convention on Human Rights.

The Newsletter Service provides practitioners with an unrivalled updating service in terms of the speed with which new developments under the Children Act 1989 and related Family Proceedings (including Adoption and proceedings under the Family Law Act 1996) are brought to their attention and the clarity of authoritative analysis and comment. Newsletters also keep track of developments under the Adoption and Children Act 2002.

CONTENTS

• The Children Act 1989 in action - an analysis of recent developments relevant to the practice of solicitors, barristers and other practitioners.
• Detail and analysis of decisions in the courts; amendments to Court Rules, Regulations etc. Practitioners' Guides makes regular use of official transcripts of High Court and Court of Appeal decisions, usually providing a detailed report and commentary well in advance of other publications. Recent decisions are related to earlier authorities decided on the same issue, thereby ensuring a comprehensive picture of developments on particular issues.

COMPREHENSIVE INDEX

Newsletters contain a cumulative index with frequent cross-referencing between Newsletters and with the Guide.

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