The Family Court Practice (The Red Book)
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SOURCE CURRENCY 2025 Edition
The text has been updated to fully incorporate all of the recent changes to the FPR and CPR and accompanying Practice Directions.
What’s new for 2025 Fully updated Procedural Guides All recent legislative developments
The latest amendments to the FPR Practice Directions, including amendments up to and including Update No 1 of 2025 The latest updates to the CPR Practice Directions Detailed analysis and practical guidance on all recent case law and key procedural developments in the areas of divorce, civil partnership, private/public child law, financial provision, enforcement and appeals
Important guidance issued by the President of the Family Division
NEW – an additional 17 new ‘Essentials’ which provide an overview of a topic’s legal framework, what to be alert to in day-to-day practice and a more accessible route into the Red Book
NEW – Part VIII section on Findings of Fact in Family Proceedings
Online archive begun with previous editions of the Red Book from and including 2020 edition
The Family Court Practice (Red Book), covers the entire range of family business and contains all the essential materials you need to practise 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.
Contents
Part I: Procedural Guides
Detailed guidance covering the following areas:
Applications for Relief Other Than Divorce Application for Matrimonial and Civil Partnership Proceedings and Related Orders Enforcement of Orders Children Judicial Reviews and Appeals Miscellaneous
Part II: Statutes
Pertinent provisions of all relevant statutes, reproduced in amended form and annotated by the expert team of contributors.
Part III: Procedure Rules
The full text of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 and practice directions, plus relevant provisions and practice directions from the Civil Procedure Rules 1998. All provisions are reproduced as amended, along with detailed explanation and guidance.
Part IV: Statutory Instruments
Pertinent provisions of all relevant SIs appear in amended form, with commentary from the expert team of contributors.
Part V: Practice Guidance
Relevant practice guidance for family law practitioners.
Part VI: International Material
Coverage of significant European Regulations and Conventions, all fully annotated.
Part VII: Welsh Material
Relevant Welsh legislation and codes of practice.
Part VIII: Evidence and Findings of Fact in Family Proceedings
Examines evidential and fact-finding requirements in family proceedings.
The text has been updated to fully incorporate all of the recent changes to the FPR and CPR and accompanying Practice Directions.
What’s new for 2025 Fully updated Procedural Guides All recent legislative developments
The latest amendments to the FPR Practice Directions, including amendments up to and including Update No 1 of 2025 The latest updates to the CPR Practice Directions Detailed analysis and practical guidance on all recent case law and key procedural developments in the areas of divorce, civil partnership, private/public child law, financial provision, enforcement and appeals
Important guidance issued by the President of the Family Division
NEW – an additional 17 new ‘Essentials’ which provide an overview of a topic’s legal framework, what to be alert to in day-to-day practice and a more accessible route into the Red Book
NEW – Part VIII section on Findings of Fact in Family Proceedings
Online archive begun with previous editions of the Red Book from and including 2020 edition
The Family Court Practice (Red Book), covers the entire range of family business and contains all the essential materials you need to practise 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.
Contents
Part I: Procedural Guides
Detailed guidance covering the following areas:
Applications for Relief Other Than Divorce Application for Matrimonial and Civil Partnership Proceedings and Related Orders Enforcement of Orders Children Judicial Reviews and Appeals Miscellaneous
Part II: Statutes
Pertinent provisions of all relevant statutes, reproduced in amended form and annotated by the expert team of contributors.
Part III: Procedure Rules
The full text of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 and practice directions, plus relevant provisions and practice directions from the Civil Procedure Rules 1998. All provisions are reproduced as amended, along with detailed explanation and guidance.
Part IV: Statutory Instruments
Pertinent provisions of all relevant SIs appear in amended form, with commentary from the expert team of contributors.
Part V: Practice Guidance
Relevant practice guidance for family law practitioners.
Part VI: International Material
Coverage of significant European Regulations and Conventions, all fully annotated.
Part VII: Welsh Material
Relevant Welsh legislation and codes of practice.
Part VIII: Evidence and Findings of Fact in Family Proceedings
Examines evidential and fact-finding requirements in family proceedings.
