ABSTRACT
Volume 1 Court Orders ISBN 0 11321 371 9
Volume 2 Family Support, Day Care and Educational Provision for Young Children ISBN 0 11321 372 7
Volume 3 Family Placements ISBN 0 11321 375 1
Volume 4 Residential Care ISBN 0 11321 430 8
Volume 5 Independent Schools ISBN 0 11321 373 5
Volume 6 Children with Disabilities ISBN 0 11321 452 9
Volume 7 Guardians ad Litem and Other Court Related Issues
ISBN 0 11321 471 5
Volume 8 Private Fostering and Miscellaneous
ISBN 0 11321 473 1
Volume 9 Adoption Issues I ISBN 0 11321 474 X
Volume 10 Index ISBN 0 11321 538 X
Working Together to Safeguard Children, London: HMSO
Assessing Children in Need and their Families, 2000, London: HMSO
Framework for Assessment of Children in Need and their Families, 2000, London: HMSO
Area Child Protection Committee Manual (local copy obtainable from the ACPC Chair)
Children Act Advisory Committee Directions, Pro Formas, Public and Private Law, London: CAAC
A child and family law reference work, regularly updated (see 19.2 below)
The Report of the Inquiry into Child Abuse in Cleveland, 1987, London: HMSO
The Care of Children, Principles and Practice in Regulations and Guidance, 1991, London: HMSO
A book on child development (see below)
Sample set of Sheffield Centile Charts with accompanying notes (obtainable from a GP or Health Visitor)
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1992
European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950
Protocols made under the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950
List(s) of expert witnesses
Family/child law reports
Family/child law journals/newsletters
Memorandum of Good Practice in Video Recorded Interviews of Children, 1992, London: HMSO
Interviewing Child Witnesses under the Memorandum of Good Practice, 1999, London: Home Office
Practice guidance
Handbook of Best Practice in Children Act Cases, Children Act Advisory Committee, 1997, London: HMSO
Guidance for Solicitors Acting for Children in Private Law Proceedings under the Children Act 1989, 1994, Solicitors Family Law Committee
Guidance for Solicitors Working with Guardians ad Litem, 1986, The Law Society’s Family Law Committee, and subsequently revised, London: The Law Society
Guide to Good Practice for Solicitors Acting for Children, 2000, Solicitors Family Law Association, available from SFLA, PO Box 302 Orpington, Kent BR6 8QX (£5 to non-members)
Looseleaf reference works
Bromley, PM (ed), The Family Law Service, London: Butterworths (3 volumes)
Hershman, D and McFarlane, A (eds), Children Law and Practice, 1991, Bristol: Family Law
Hoggett, B (ed), Clance Hall and Morrison on Children, London: Butterworths
Jones, RM (ed), The Encyclopaedia of Social Services and Child Care Law, London: Sweet & Maxwell
Child law books
Adcock, M, White, R and Hollows, A (eds), Significant Harm, 1991, Croydon: Significant
King, P and Young, I, The Child as Client, 1992, Bristol: Family Law
Levy, A (ed) Re-focus on Child Abuse, 1994, London: Hawkesmere
Liddle, C, Acting for Children, 1992, London: The Law Society
Monro, P and Forrester, L, The Guardian ad Litem, 1995, Bristol: Family Law
Timms, JE, Children’s Representation, A Practitioner’s Guide, London: Sweet & Maxwell
Forensic investigation of child abuse
Dent, H and Flin, R (eds), Children as Witnesses, 1996, Chichester: Wiley
Meadow, R, ABC of Child Abuse, 1997, London: BMA
Reder, P, Duncan, S and Gray, M, Beyond Blame, 1993, London: Routledge
Memorandum of Good Practice in Interviewing Child Witnesses, 1991, London: HMSO
Child development
Holt, KS, Child Development – Diagnosis and Assessment, 1994, London: Butterworth Heinemann
Useful information
Brennan, C, The Directory of Child Rights and Welfare, 1990, Cambridge: Woodhead-Faulken
Department of Health and Social Services Inspectorate, The Right to Complain, 1991, London: HMSO
Expert Witness Group, Expert Witness Pack for Use in Children Act Proceedings, 1997, Bristol: Family Law
Friel, J, Children with Special Needs, 4th edn, 1997, London: Jessica Kingsley
Thorpe LJ (Rt Hon) and Clarke, E, Divided Duties, 1998, Bristol: Family Law
Valman, HB, ABC of One to Seven, 1993, London: BMJ
Wall LJ (Rt Hon) (ed), Rooted Sorrows, 1997, Bristol: Family Law
Wall J (Hon) with Hamilton, I, A Handbook for Expert Witnesses in Children Act Cases, 2000, Bristol: Family Law
National Standards for Probation Service Family Court Welfare Work, London: Home Office
Computer software
Family Law, a new Justis CD ROM, full text of Family Law reports since 1980, searchable by name, topic, etc
Children Law and Practice and Family Law Reports, Family Law CD ROM, available from The Stationery Office Limited (formerly HMSO) Publications Centre:
Telephone orders 0870 600 5522 Website www.hmso.gov.uk Online bookstore www.clicktso.com
Specialist law updates
Practitioners Guide to Child Law Remy Zentar (ed), available from: 24 Rathen Road Withington Manchester M20 9GH
Family Law Reports Jordans, Family Law
Family Court Reports Jordans, Family Law
Practitioners Child Law Bulletin Longman
Journal of Child Law Tolley
Family Law Directory Jordans, Family Law
Training
Family Law, Central Law Training and other Law Society accredited training organisations offer Child and Family Law Training.
