White, Carr and Lowe: The Children Act in Practice - Softcover

White LLB, Richard; Carr, A P; Lowe LLB (Sheffield) Of The Inner Temple, Emeritus Professor Nigel; MacDonald, Alistair

9781405725354: White, Carr and Lowe: The Children Act in Practice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405725354 ISBN 13: 9781405725354

Publisher: Butterworths Law, 2008

Now in its fourth edition, White Carr & Lowe: The Children Act in Practice is the best selling, one volume guide to the Children Act 1989. The Act is produced in full and annotated in a straightforward and helpful way to assist in interpretation, together with a detailed commentary, which considers the legislation as it operates today. Building on the success of the third edition the new edition is brought fully up-to-date with all relevant legislative and case law developments since 2002. In addition, the work includes the following coverage: * The Adoption and Children Act 2002 * The Children Act 2004 * The Children and Adoption Act 2006 * The Public Outline governing case management * The threshold criteria following the House of Lords decision in Re B (Children)(sexual abuse: standard of proof) This text will prove invaluable to all those who deal with the day-to-day application of the legislation.

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