Practice of Family Law : Evidence and Procedure

The Practice of Family Law: Evidence and Procedure provides a detailed commentary on a variety of aspects of evidence and procedure which arise on a day-to-day basis in the family courts. It adopts a wide definition of family law to comprise the law relating to family breakdown (married and unmarried couples) and public law children proceedings. It comprises proceedings under the CPR 1998, as well as the mainstream under the FPR 2010, and it also considers administrative law aspects (eg judicial review and tribunals). The book is divided into three sections: Introductory This section looks at pervasive principles in the family courts: the way the rules are made; confidentiality and legal representation; and the procedural problems thrown up by the parallel sets of rules in different courts. Procedure A commentary on the procedural aspects of the rules as applied to family proceedings in their wider sense. Evidence A study of the rules of evidence as they apply in the full spectrum of family proceedings: both in relation to proceedings in the family courts and family matters in other civil courts. The Practice of Family Law: Evidence and Procedure is an indispensable guide to evidence and procedure for solicitors, barristers, the judiciary and related professionals.