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BOOK REVIEW
CHILD CARE AND PROTECTION
Law and Practice
7th edition
By Safda Mahmood and Julie Doughty
ISBN: 978 0 85490 306 1
WILDY, SIMMONDS AND HILL PUBLISHING
wildy.com
A COMPREHENSIVE SHORT GUIDE COVERING CHILD CARE AND PROTECTION FOR THE BUSY FAMILY LAW PRACTITIONER
An appreciation by Elizabeth Robson Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers
and Reviews Editor, “The Barrister”
Safda Mahmood and Julie Doughty have edited this popular family law title from Wildy for 2024. The book has been extensively updated to provide practical guidance over the complexities arising from the Children Act 1989 which we have found most helpful.
The book examines subsequent child protection legislation, guidance and case law for both established practitioners and those new to the subject.
Among the developments included in this edition are the changes brought about by the Public Law Outline in January 2023 to family justice, particularly in relation to expert evidence, time limits, care plans and delay.
In addition, the editors explore the law surrounding deprivation of liberty as it relates to children, regarding the interface between care proceedings and Article 5 ECHR, and consideration of key case law, such as Re T (A Child) [2021]. They cover the revision of important Practice Directions, such as PD12A (Care and Supervision Proceedings and other Part 4 Proceedings: Guide to Case Management), Child Arrangements Programme (PD 12(B), and Revised PD12J – Domestic Abuse and Child Arrangements, Pilot Reporting and Private Law Review.
As is to be expected with all Wildy practitioner titles, there are significant case law developments in children law which are set out since publication of the last edition, together with a review of the revised edition of “Working Together to Safeguard Children” (2023), which has changed the position in relation to safeguarding and child death reviews, as well as assessments.
Legal commentators have rightly welcomed this book for the breadth of the legal topics covered, plus their application and use within family practice. The specific references and analysis on updating legislative provisions, regulations, practice guidance, and case law are very well covered in our view.
Mahmood and Doughty offer us a break-down of the issues that one must bear in mind in each chapter, so all we need to do is read it, apply it, and reap the benefits. And we described the last edition as “the practitioner’s friend during these times of increasing changes and revision in child law proceedings, plus the ever re-modelling of our process as more and more legislation and guidance is produced”. Ever more so now, as the authors have done that again, brilliantly, to keep us up to date! Thank you.
The seventh edition of this paperback book from Wildy was published in 2024.
BOOK REVIEW
CHILD CARE AND PROTECTION
Law and Practice
7th edition
By Safda Mahmood and Julie Doughty
ISBN: 978 0 85490 306 1
WILDY, SIMMONDS AND HILL PUBLISHING
wildy.com
A COMPREHENSIVE SHORT GUIDE COVERING CHILD CARE AND PROTECTION FOR THE BUSY FAMILY LAW PRACTITIONER
An appreciation by Elizabeth Robson Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers
and Reviews Editor, “The Barrister”
Safda Mahmood and Julie Doughty have edited this popular family law title from Wildy for 2024. The book has been extensively updated to provide practical guidance over the complexities arising from the Children Act 1989 which we have found most helpful.
The book examines subsequent child protection legislation, guidance and case law for both established practitioners and those new to the subject.
Among the developments included in this edition are the changes brought about by the Public Law Outline in January 2023 to family justice, particularly in relation to expert evidence, time limits, care plans and delay.
In addition, the editors explore the law surrounding deprivation of liberty as it relates to children, regarding the interface between care proceedings and Article 5 ECHR, and consideration of key case law, such as Re T (A Child) [2021]. They cover the revision of important Practice Directions, such as PD12A (Care and Supervision Proceedings and other Part 4 Proceedings: Guide to Case Management), Child Arrangements Programme (PD 12(B), and Revised PD12J – Domestic Abuse and Child Arrangements, Pilot Reporting and Private Law Review.
As is to be expected with all Wildy practitioner titles, there are significant case law developments in children law which are set out since publication of the last edition, together with a review of the revised edition of “Working Together to Safeguard Children” (2023), which has changed the position in relation to safeguarding and child death reviews, as well as assessments.
Legal commentators have rightly welcomed this book for the breadth of the legal topics covered, plus their application and use within family practice. The specific references and analysis on updating legislative provisions, regulations, practice guidance, and case law are very well covered in our view.
Mahmood and Doughty offer us a break-down of the issues that one must bear in mind in each chapter, so all we need to do is read it, apply it, and reap the benefits. And we described the last edition as “the practitioner’s friend during these times of increasing changes and revision in child law proceedings, plus the ever re-modelling of our process as more and more legislation and guidance is produced”. Ever more so now, as the authors have done that again, brilliantly, to keep us up to date! Thank you.
The seventh edition of this paperback book from Wildy was published in 2024.
