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BOOK REVIEW
THE FAMILY COURT PRACTICE 2021
General Editor, Anthony Cleary and fifteen contributors
ISBN 978 1 78473 472 5
LexisNexis/Family Law
lexisnexis.co.uk
THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE FOR FAMILY PRACTITIONERS -- THE NEW ANNUAL EDITION FOR 2021
An appreciation by Elizabeth Robson Taylor MA of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers, Reviews Editor, “The Barrister” and Mediator
In 2003 when The Family Court Practice was first published,
it was lauded and applauded as new and innovative. Now -- no less than twenty-eight years later -- it still is. It is one of those distinguished and thorough works of reference that remains forever young, you might say -- always authoritative, always up to date.
Now in a new edition from LexisNexis, it remains the family practitioner’s best friend. To quote Mrs Justice Bracewell, it has been designed ‘to meet the need for a definitive work of reference covering the entire range of family proceedings at every level of court.’ And as she has also commented, The Family Court Practice has been updated annually to reflect developments in law and practice, having been accepted as a standard book of references for judges and practitioners throughout the jurisdiction.
This new edition, as you would expect, reflects and comments upon the monumental and often startling changes to the legal
profession generally, as wrought by the pandemic, or ‘Storm Covid’ as the General Editor, Anthony Cleary whimsically describes it.
His remarks about what has happened to the justice system during and post-Covid will strike more than a few responsive chords (and perhaps a round of applause) among users of this text, especially when he remarks that ‘almost one in every two responses from parents and young people... expressed confusion and dissatisfaction with remote hearings often to the extent of simply not understanding the process.’
Clearly, he and, no doubt, the fifteen expert contributors on the editorial team harbour serious reservations about on-line hearings in the family courts. Small wonder that this text continues to be regarded as the bible of family law among family law practitioners.
Within its more than 3,000 pages, the book is divided into six parts, including procedural guides, statutes, procedure rules, statutory instruments, and practice guidance, as well as European and international material. Also note the extensive tables of statutes, statutory instruments, and practice directions, plus tables of CPR, FPR and Supreme Court Practice Directions. And to aid navigation, there is a 117-page index.
Practitioners involved in this particularly sombre, complex, and sensitive area of law will certainly appreciate the invaluable assistance offered by this erudite and authoritative text.
The date of publication of this annual hardback is cited as 31st May 2021.
Do visit the publisher's website for latest editions and new titles.
BOOK REVIEW
THE FAMILY COURT PRACTICE 2021
General Editor, Anthony Cleary and fifteen contributors
ISBN 978 1 78473 472 5
LexisNexis/Family Law
lexisnexis.co.uk
THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE FOR FAMILY PRACTITIONERS -- THE NEW ANNUAL EDITION FOR 2021
An appreciation by Elizabeth Robson Taylor MA of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers, Reviews Editor, “The Barrister” and Mediator
In 2003 when The Family Court Practice was first published,
it was lauded and applauded as new and innovative. Now -- no less than twenty-eight years later -- it still is. It is one of those distinguished and thorough works of reference that remains forever young, you might say -- always authoritative, always up to date.
Now in a new edition from LexisNexis, it remains the family practitioner’s best friend. To quote Mrs Justice Bracewell, it has been designed ‘to meet the need for a definitive work of reference covering the entire range of family proceedings at every level of court.’ And as she has also commented, The Family Court Practice has been updated annually to reflect developments in law and practice, having been accepted as a standard book of references for judges and practitioners throughout the jurisdiction.
This new edition, as you would expect, reflects and comments upon the monumental and often startling changes to the legal
profession generally, as wrought by the pandemic, or ‘Storm Covid’ as the General Editor, Anthony Cleary whimsically describes it.
His remarks about what has happened to the justice system during and post-Covid will strike more than a few responsive chords (and perhaps a round of applause) among users of this text, especially when he remarks that ‘almost one in every two responses from parents and young people... expressed confusion and dissatisfaction with remote hearings often to the extent of simply not understanding the process.’
Clearly, he and, no doubt, the fifteen expert contributors on the editorial team harbour serious reservations about on-line hearings in the family courts. Small wonder that this text continues to be regarded as the bible of family law among family law practitioners.
Within its more than 3,000 pages, the book is divided into six parts, including procedural guides, statutes, procedure rules, statutory instruments, and practice guidance, as well as European and international material. Also note the extensive tables of statutes, statutory instruments, and practice directions, plus tables of CPR, FPR and Supreme Court Practice Directions. And to aid navigation, there is a 117-page index.
Practitioners involved in this particularly sombre, complex, and sensitive area of law will certainly appreciate the invaluable assistance offered by this erudite and authoritative text.
The date of publication of this annual hardback is cited as 31st May 2021.
Do visit the publisher's website for latest editions and new titles.
