Family Court Practice 2012 - Rt Hon Ld Justice Wilson

Fully updated to incorporate the latest legislation and amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010, The Family Court Practice 2012 provides expert guidance and enhanced commentary on the rules a year on from implementation. Continuing to be relied upon every day by the judiciary, barristers, solicitors and justices’ clerks, the Red Book remains the acknowledged authority on practice and procedure in the family courts.What is New for 2012? All of the latest amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010, including the new Practice Direction 34C Updates to legislation and commentary, including examination of child abduction after Re E (Children) [2011] 2 FLR 758, the impact of Jones v Kernott [2012] 1 FLR 45 and judicial interpretation of the decision in Radmacher v Granatino [2010] 2 FLR 1900 Enhanced procedural guides, including updated guidance on Barder appeals
Analysis of the latest developments in case-law, including relocation cases, international surrogacy, the approach to be taken in same-sex parent cases and evidence in care proceedings, including the instruction of experts and children giving evidence Amended legislation and detailed narrative to take into account the Maintenance Regulation, including coverage of the Magistrates’ Courts (Enforcement or Variation of Orders Made in Family Proceedings and Miscellaneous Provisions) Rules 2011 Up-to-date fees information for family proceedings, magistrates’ courts and the Supreme Court, as well as expert rates Important new judicial Practice Directions and related guidance, including President's Bulletins Numbers 1–4 and the latest guidelines from the Family Justice Council The full text of the Justices’ Clerks’ Society Guidance Note to Family Proceedings Courts Coverage of the Legal Services Act 2007The Family Court Practice 2012 includes an Autumn Supplement which will be published in November. Customers will be placed on standing order to receive this supplement and new editions of the red book, until countermanded.