The Family Law Handbook takes a highly practical approach to the essential law and procedure at the heart of family law. Divided clearly into five parts, the book features comprehensive coverage of the key areas of family law: relationship breakdwon, money and property, children, and domestic violence. Throughout the text, a wealth of pedagogical features ensure that the law is put into a practical context. 'Examples' offer scenario-based snapshots of how the law might apply in a given situation, while 'Practical Considerations' sections show how the law is used by the practitioner day-to-day. Two fictional case studies are used throughout the text to show how a typical case might be run by a solicitor. Self-test questions and summary points at the end of chapters ensure that students are fully supported in their learning. Online Resource Centre A selection of online resources, all of which complement the text and can be downloaded into a Virtual Learning Environment, provide a true 'blended learning' package for students. Lecturers are able to download a bank of questions for student use, providing a resource for formative self-study or assessment.
Documentation relating to the case studies featured throughout the book enables students to see the types of document they will need to work with when in practice. Links to useful statutes and guidelines are also provided, ensuring that the web site becomes an essential 'one-stop shop' for students of family law.
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Students taking an elective course in family law on the LPC; this title may also appeal to students taking a similar elective on the BVC/BPTC. Lecturers teaching other LPC electives such as child law may also find this title relevant, as might trainee solicitors or junior practitioners working in family law advice centres and law firms.
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Höhe: 292 mm
Breite: 206 mm
Dicke: 24 mm
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978-0-19-955959-6 (9780199559596)
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Jane Sendall is a non-practising solicitor and is currently reading for a PhD in family law at Durham University. She has extensive experience of teaching family law to LPC students and is a part-time tutor at Durham University and BPP College of Professional Studies.
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION; 1. Family Law Practice and the First Interview; 2. Public Funding; 3. Alternative Dispute Resolution in Family Law; PART TWO: RELATIONSHIP BREAKDOWN; 4. Divorce; 5. Divorce Procedure; 6. Judicial Separation & Nullity; 7. Defences to Divorce; 8. Jurisdiction; 9. Civil Partnership Act 2004; 10. Dissolution of a Civil Partnership; 11. Cohabitation; 12. Marriage and Divorce in a Multi-Cultural Society; PART THREE: MONEY AND PROPERTY; 13. Ancillary Relief; 14. Orders Available in Ancillary Relief; 15. Pensions in Ancillary Relief; 16. Child Support; 17. Pre Marital Agreements; 18. Ancillary Relief Procedure; 19. Protecting Assets & the Family Home in Ancillary Relief Proceedings; 20. Variation, Collection and Enforcement of Ancillary Relief Orders; 21. Separation and Maintenance Agreements; 22. Taxation in Family Law; 23. Welfare Benefits; 24. Cohabitation and Finance; PART FOUR: CHILDREN; 25. Introduction to the Children Act 1989; 26. Parental Responsibility; 27. Private Children Law; 28. Private Children Law and Procedure; 29. Child Abduction; 30. Children in Local Authority Care; 31. Emergency Protection of Children; 32. Public Children Procedure; 33. Case Conferences; PART FIVE: DOMESTIC ABUSE; 34. Protection under the Family Law Act 1996: Non-Molestation Orders; 35. Protection under the Family Law Act 1996: Occupation Orders; 36. Protection under the Family Law Act 1996: Emergency Protection and Enforcement; 37. Protection under the Family Law Act 1996: Procedure; 38. Protection from Harrassment
