Published annually, this book provides a single volume source of key children proceedings legislation and related guidance.

It contains consolidated and fully amended texts of the Children Act 1989 and relevant provisions of the Family Procedure Rules 2010. It meets the need for a reliable, up-to-date and yet still portable source and will be used in court by all child law practitioners, judges and social workers.

The Rt Hon Lord Justice McFarlane

Statutes

• Adoption and Children Act 2002 ss 1, 18-29, 52 
• Children Act 1989

Statutory Instruments

• Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings Order 2008 
• Family Procedure Rules 2010

FPR Practice Directions and Guidance

Miscellaneous

• Calendars 2009-2012
  

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