Clarke Hall & Morrison on Children

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Commentary

Source Currency: Issue 124, August 2026. Binder 1 : Division 1 Cardinal Principles and Jurisdiction Chapter 1 Parentage Chapter 2 The Child’s status Chapter 3 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Euro-
pean Convention on Human Rights Chapter 5 Parental responsibility Chapter 6 The Cardinal Principles of the Children Act 1989 Chapter 8 Jurisdiction Division 2 Part II of The Children Act 1989: Private Law Proceedings Chapter 2 Section 8 Orders Division 5 International Child Abduction and Protection Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Recovering a child taken outside England and Wales Chapter 3 Children removed to and from Member States (other than Denmark) of the European Union Chapter 4 Children removed to and from the United Kingdom: 1980 Convention Countries Chapter 5 Child Protection Division 6 Wardship and Inherent Jurisdiction Chapter 1 Wardship Chapter 2 The Inherent Jurisdiction Division 7 Part III of The Children Act 1989: Children in Need Chapter 1 Local Authority Support For Children In Need Division 8 Part V of The Children Act 1989: Assessment and Emergency Protection Chapter 4 Additional Powers to Protect Children Division 9 Part IV of The Children Act 1989: Care Proceedings Chapter 1 Care Proceedings Division 10 Adoption Chapter 1 The legislative scheme Chapter 2 Statutory duties in adoption Chapter 5 Adoption Procedure Chapter 8 Consequences of adoption Chapter 9 Adoption support Chapter 10 The adoption registers and access to adoption information Division 11 Practice and Procedure Chapter 1 Confidentiality of Proceedings and Information and Disclosure Chapter 2 Representation of Children and CAFCASS Chapter 5 Appeals, Judicial Review, Complaints and Other Remedies Binder 2 Division 14 Youth Justice Chapter 4 The criminal courts Chapter 5 Sentences and orders of the court Division 15 Children’s Commissioner Chapter 1 History of the Children’s Commissioner Chapter 2 Functions of the Children’s Commissioner Chapter 3 Commissioners’ Reports Chapter 4 Corporate Governance Binder 3 Division D: International Child Abduction And Protection Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985.

Contributors

Nigel Lowe  General editor
Mark Twomey  Editor
Nageena Khalique  Editor
Richard A H White  General editor
V Rt. Hon The Baroness Hale of Richmond  Author
Sian Jones  Editor
The Rt Hon Sir Ernest Ryder  Consultant editor
Meleri Tudur J  Editor
Darren Howe KC  Editor
 Adrian Turner Author
 Christopher McFarland Editor
 Hugh Travers Editor