White, Carr and Lowe: The Children Act in Practice, is now in its fourth edition and has been extensively amended and updated to reflect the relevant legislative and case law developments relating to the most fundamental reform of child law in living memory. This book includes detailed discussion of the Family Justice System; the application of human rights; in relation to care and supervision proceedings the Public Law Outline governing case management and the threshold criteria following the House of Lords decision in Re B (Children)(sexual abuse: standard of proof); special guardianship; and fresh analysis of parental responsibility of unmarried fathers.
The Act and the Family Proceedings Rules, as amended, are reproduced in full and the logical and coherent structure makes the book easy to follow. It will prove invaluable to all those who deal with the day-to-day application of the legislation.
A guide to the Children Act 1989. It assists in interpretation, together with a detailed commentary, which considers the legislation as it operates today.
