The family court practice 2011

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. "The Family Court Practice 2011" has been fully updated to include the new Family Procedure Rules and contains all the essential materials and commentary to ensure practitioners are ready to apply this new comprehensive code.

Including a new Autumn Supplement, this major work includes 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 annotation.

What is new for 2011?The following are new for this title: full coverage of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 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; and, coverage of new legislation on pension compensation sharing orders under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. This title also features: 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; and, 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; and, wider coverage of significant European Regulations.