header-logo header-logo

Book Reviews

19 February 2009 / David Dovey
Issue: 7357 / Categories: Features , Child law , Commercial
printer mail-detail

The Children Act in Practice

Richard White, AP Carr, Nigel Lowe & Alistair MacDonald

Lexis Nexis, £45.00, ISBN: 9781405725354

This is the fourth edition of this popular work. There are chapters dealing with all aspects of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989) and the volume concludes with the authors’ consideration of where family justice is heading in the 21st century. The appendices include a full annotated text of ChA 1989, along with accompanying secondary legislation, the Public Law Outline and experts’ practice direction. The relevant caselaw is summarised and subjects are easy to reference via the clear and comprehensive index.
Baroness Hale is the consulting editor and begins this edition on the Children Act setting out the three fundamental principles of ChA 1989 and concluding that the principle that requires particular emphasis today is that the decisions about the least advantaged home and families should be treated as those of the most advantaged.

This theme runs throughout the book as the authors deal with the Act in detail and explain and include updating caselaw and updating provisions

If you are not a subscriber, subscribe now to read this content
If you are already a subscriber sign in
...or Register for two weeks' free access to subscriber content

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
back-to-top-scroll