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Book Review: Guide to the Family Procedure Rules

15 September 2011 / Catherine Brooke
Issue: 7481 / Categories: Blogs , CPR
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Following the recent introduction of the Family Procedure Rules (FPR) in April 2011, this book is a timely publication, intended as a guide for the practitioner through the new rules, including helpful tips and highlighting the differences between the new rules and the old.

Guide to the Family Procedure Rules
Authors: Andrew Newbury, Claire Williams, Vicki McLynn, Michael Yelton; Contributor: Mr Justice Ryder
Publisher: Butterworths, June 2011
ISBN: 9781405763462
Price: £40.00

The book is split into the expected subsections: an introduction to the guiding philosophy behind, and objectives of, the new rules; their application in matrimonial and civil partnership proceedings; protection of individuals; children and vulnerable adults; general procedure provisions; and a miscellaneous section covering interim remedies, costs, appeals and enforcement. It includes the rules themselves, and the associated Practice Directions.

Philosophy

The introduction takes the reader through the philosophy behind the new rules, which were introduced in a bid to codify and clarify the previous hotchpotch of procedure relating to family proceedings. They are largely based on the Civil

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