The Red Book: The Family Court Practice 2023

The Family Court Practice (Red Book), covers the entire range of family business and contains all the essential materials you need to practice in the Family Court.

The new edition is fully updated to include the latest case law, full coverage of new and amended legislation, Practice Directions and guidance. It also contains fully and expertly annotated statutes and rules together with scores of unique step-by-step procedural guides, which direct you effortlessly to the relevant rules and annotation.

What's New:

Additional legislation including Civil Evidence Act 1968 (convictions, privilege against self-incrimination) and Civil Evidence Act 1995 (hearsay)

‘Family proceedings: Prohibition of cross-examination in person’ now integrated as Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, Part 4B

Updated commentary throughout and particularly for financial remedies, child support and child abduction

Updated Procedural Guides including new guide to an application for a legal services payment order

‘Old’ divorce law and procedure now removed

Updated Rules

Latest Practice Guidance

Introduction to Welsh Materials brought within main volume

Online archive begun with previous editions of the Red Book from and including 2020