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BOOK REVIEW
CHILD PROTECTION PROCEEDINGS
Care and Adoption Orders
2nd edition
By Simon Johnson and Joanne Porter
ISBN 978 1 78473 478 7
LEXISNEXIS/FAMILY LAW
lexisnexis.co.uk
AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR FAMILY PRACTITIONERS AS WE PREPARE FOR A RE-OPENING OF COURTS AFTER COVID 19
An appreciation by Elizabeth Robson Taylor MA of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers, Reviews Editor, “The Barrister”, and Mediator
This new edition of “Child Protection Proceedings: Care and Adoption Orders” by Simon Johnson and Joanne Porter is neatly summed by as a “comprehensive and well-structured book” by Theis J. She goes on to comment that “it sets out with commendable clarity the obligations and duties imposed on the Local Authority to protect and safeguard children, irrespective of whether any legal proceedings have been issued.”
What practitioners get with the second edition is “an analysis of the issues that arise as any care and/or placement application makes its way towards a final hearing, pausing at each stage to provide admirable practical advice thereby allowing the reader to benefit from the considerable experience of the authors, Johnson and Porter.
The work has been most usefully updated adding relevant guidance and changes to practice following the pandemic from March 2020. We are “sensitively and thoughtfully” guided through the issues which have arisen from these monumental changes which we have all faced.
We are particularly fortunate to get a perceptive analysis of how the practice and procedure has developed to deal with the unexpected developments. “No family practitioner advising in this area”, says Theis, will want to face the recent changes to legal provisions and guidance from March 2020 “without reference to this invaluable book” and she is, of course, absolutely right!
The book is divided into seven parts with 31 chapters and 11 appendices covering the legislation and rules. It examines the following topics in detail depending on what you may be researching:
Background and General Principles of Child Protection
Child Protection Measures Short of Care Proceedings
Emergency Intervention
Care Proceedings: From Issue to Final Hearing
Care Proceedings: Final Hearings and Final Orders
Alternatives to the Making of a Final Care Order
The Changing Family Court
LexisNexis Family Law have produced a detailed index at the back of the book which refers to paragraph numbers rather than the 850 odd pages which is their usual house style. The extensive text is supplemented by updated appendices containing key extracts from statutory and other material.
The date of publication of this paperback second edition is cited as 30th April 2021.
Do visit the publisher's website for their latest editions and titles.
BOOK REVIEW
CHILD PROTECTION PROCEEDINGS
Care and Adoption Orders
2nd edition
By Simon Johnson and Joanne Porter
ISBN 978 1 78473 478 7
LEXISNEXIS/FAMILY LAW
lexisnexis.co.uk
AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR FAMILY PRACTITIONERS AS WE PREPARE FOR A RE-OPENING OF COURTS AFTER COVID 19
An appreciation by Elizabeth Robson Taylor MA of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers, Reviews Editor, “The Barrister”, and Mediator
This new edition of “Child Protection Proceedings: Care and Adoption Orders” by Simon Johnson and Joanne Porter is neatly summed by as a “comprehensive and well-structured book” by Theis J. She goes on to comment that “it sets out with commendable clarity the obligations and duties imposed on the Local Authority to protect and safeguard children, irrespective of whether any legal proceedings have been issued.”
What practitioners get with the second edition is “an analysis of the issues that arise as any care and/or placement application makes its way towards a final hearing, pausing at each stage to provide admirable practical advice thereby allowing the reader to benefit from the considerable experience of the authors, Johnson and Porter.
The work has been most usefully updated adding relevant guidance and changes to practice following the pandemic from March 2020. We are “sensitively and thoughtfully” guided through the issues which have arisen from these monumental changes which we have all faced.
We are particularly fortunate to get a perceptive analysis of how the practice and procedure has developed to deal with the unexpected developments. “No family practitioner advising in this area”, says Theis, will want to face the recent changes to legal provisions and guidance from March 2020 “without reference to this invaluable book” and she is, of course, absolutely right!
The book is divided into seven parts with 31 chapters and 11 appendices covering the legislation and rules. It examines the following topics in detail depending on what you may be researching:
Background and General Principles of Child Protection
Child Protection Measures Short of Care Proceedings
Emergency Intervention
Care Proceedings: From Issue to Final Hearing
Care Proceedings: Final Hearings and Final Orders
Alternatives to the Making of a Final Care Order
The Changing Family Court
LexisNexis Family Law have produced a detailed index at the back of the book which refers to paragraph numbers rather than the 850 odd pages which is their usual house style. The extensive text is supplemented by updated appendices containing key extracts from statutory and other material.
The date of publication of this paperback second edition is cited as 30th April 2021.
Do visit the publisher's website for their latest editions and titles.
