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Child migration and child movement cases are now more frequent and increasingly complex.In these cases, international and national cross border rules and regulations, and family and immigration laws and proceedings often intersect. This book explains these and associated international family treaties, regulations, rules, cases, guidance and policies. A practice guide highlighting the circumstances and experiences of children subject to these laws and litigation.Whether you are an experienced practitioner or at entry level, this is an essential guide and reference to a complex area of law and practice.This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Family Law and Immigration and Nationality Law online services.

Can you hear the child’s voice?The Court of Appeal have commented that the family courts are ‘still feeling their way forward in order to determine how best to ‘hear the voice of a child’.In this new title David Burrows looks at the jurisprudence surrounding this remark, relates it to European and UN Convention rights and looks at the most recent children case law.It concentrates on:Children in court proceedings, particularly in family proceedingsContrasting the way courts hear children’s views with the way their evidence is heardAny rights to which a child is entitled (common law; European Convention 1950; UN Conventions; and EU Directives), such as to confidentiality and to take part (or be heard) in proceedings. The meaning and effect of a child’s ‘understanding’ in court proceedings, and the way that term varies according to a child’s age and the issue before the court.Legislation and case law covered and analysed includes:Children Act 1989 and applicable Family Procedure Rules 2010Human Rights Act 1998 and European Convention 1950Civil Procedure Rules 1998LASPO Act 2012Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999Re D (A Child) (International Recognition) – child’s right to be heardRe W (A Child)– rules for child representation in hearingsP v A Local Authority (Fam) – legal aid and statutory damagesRe W (Children) (Abuse: Oral Evidence) – child’s evidenceR (D (a minor)) v Camberwell Green Youth Court – safeguards in criminal law for childrenProtocol and Good Practice Model Disclosure of information in cases of alleged child abuse and linked criminal and care directions hearings – October 2013Achieving Best Evidence: Guidance on interviewing children March 2011This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Family Law online service.

“The law relating to children does not seem to stand still long enough to have its photograph taken…”So says Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, before endorsing the one book he says has captured its image.THE guide to current, important and commonly misunderstood issues in public children law.Drawing together the key statute, case law, and procedure in relation to twelve central themes, Public Children Law: Contemporary Issues explores and examines current issues of particular difficulty in public children law, with an emphasis on those with an international dimension.It provides a comprehensive overview of some of the most pressing issues in child protection law, as well as identifying common pitfalls and practical tips, and providing good practice guides.The topics covered include:- Children giving evidence- Child trafficking- Radicalisation - Female genital mutilation- Secure accommodation orders- Special guardianship orders- Family Drug and Alcohol Court- Forced marriage and honour-based violence- International public children law- Children’s evidence- Child trafficking- Reporting restrictions- Deprivation of children’s liberty- Post-adoption contact- Section 20 and damagesThis title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Family Law online service.

As the only practitioner title with detailed practical guidance and advice in this area, this is a comprehensive work written by a private client solicitor who has 30 years’ experience of practice, and is a regular speaker at conferences on the subject. No professional faced with this ever-increasing area of law, should be without it. It enables solicitors and other professionals to be more proactive in protecting their older clients. It describes the rise in financial abuse, explains how to spot warning signs, provides awareness of various elements of legal protection and demonstrates that change is needed in the current system.Topics covered include:- Financial abuse issues for care homes (new to this edition)- Grooming for financial abuse (new to this edition)- Who is vulnerable to financial abuse?- Who are the perpetrators and why?- The forms financial abuse takes- How to prevent financial abuseThe Second Edition also includes:- Statistics showing the prevalence of financial abuse- Commentary on recent case law, legislation and industry reports including:- Section 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 – coercive control legislation- Banking and financial services- Review of HMLR protections for property owners- Review of all OPG and COP recent guidance and practice notes- Updated information about care allowance rules- Case law on retrospective approval of gifts- Discussion of a deputy’s authority to litigateIt also covers cases with issues particular to jurisdictions such as the Republic of Ireland, USA, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Family Law online service.

This court practice guide enables you to avoid the most common pitfalls encountered across the spectrum of family proceedings, thereby speeding up litigation and avoiding unnecessary work and wasted costs orders. It covers every aspect of the court process across family proceedings, from divorce and financial remedies to private law and public law children, injunctions and committals and appeals. The guidance is set out with clear references to source materials and is supplemented by forms and other practical information.The work is a key staple widely referred to within the Family Court, Principal Registry of the Family Division, other district registries and county courts.The 7th edition includes the following:- Divorce reform - Changes to Committal proceedings - Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (inc PD 12J and Rule 3A) - Presumption of diminished evidence and vulnerability of witnesses (PD 3AA) - Jurisdiction issues - Parental alienationThis title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Family Law online service.

Co-written by a leading tax expert and a family lawyer, this book provides answers to the common problems encountered in financial remedy cases in a way that assists professionals from each discipline. Family law practitioners will find a grounding in tax to help them to spot issues that arise upon family breakdown or financial remedies proceedings, whilst tax practitioners have guidance on what to expect from the process working as Single Joint Experts. It enables these practitioners to engage successfully to ensure that all necessary information is available to the court, or within alternative dispute resolution processes.The Second Edition covers a number of significant developments including: - Up-to-date allowances and bands- Changes to the rules regarding capital gains tax for divorcing couples - Updated Stamp Duty Land Tax for couples - Changes to corporation tax and its impact on how couples structure their finances- Cryptoassets- The tightening of the rules, heightened judicial expectations of the selection process and the ways in which experts deliver their assistance to the court- All precedents are available as electronic downloadsCombining concise and authoritative guidance to a complex and technically challenging area of law, supported by flowcharts and checklists, this work provides an expert inter-disciplinary approach for family and tax practitioners of all levels.This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Family Law online service.

‘The family justice system can seem like a frightening and mysterious world to those of us who only intermittently come into contact with the legal profession. This book does an excellent job of de-mystifying the family court processes; I wish it had been available when I was a junior doctor. I may have avoided a number of sleepless nights.I would highly recommend this book to anyone working with children and young people and urge you to invest in a copy - you won’t regret it.’ Dr Fiona Straw, Consultant Paediatrician and Joint Head of Service for Community Paediatrics, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Child protection made simple: the plain-speaking guide for all those concerned with the protection of children.Providing up-to-date coverage of the key issues in this challenging and sensitive area of law, Child Protection and the Family Court: What You Need to Know offers a valuable point of reference for all involved in the child protection process, from teaching, medical or other professionals to parents and carers.In addition to updated coverage of local authority safeguarding duties and investigations, parental responsibility, special guardianship, wardship and the inherent jurisdiction and secure accommodation, the Fourth Edition includes coverage of:- The changes to the approach to child protection both in and out of the Family Court, particularly pre-proceedings work- Detailed discussion of openness in the Family Court, following the President’s Transparency Review of 2021Written by an esteemed author team, including the President of the Family Division, a Family Court judge and a practising barrister, it offers non-specialist family lawyers, teachers, medical professionals and the police a clear and uncomplicated route through the process, with explanation supported by diagrams and charts to aid understanding.This title is included in the Bloomsbury Professional's Family Law online service.