The Law of Children in Northern Ireland : The Annotated Legislation

This book will provide the family law practitioner with the annotated texts of the major primary and secondary legislation applying to children in Northern Ireland, conveniently collected in one volume.

The authors have used their extensive practical experience to produce updated and amended versions of the relevant legislation.

The legislation has also been fully annotated with reported and unreported judgments of the Northern Ireland High Court and Court of Appeal.

The format of the text also allows (where appropriate) easy reference to the standard English textbooks.

The legislation includes the amended text of: The Children (NI) Order 1995; The Judicature (NI) Act 1987; The Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985; The Family Law Act 1986; The Human Rights Act 1998; The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order (NI) 1996; and, The Children (Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence) Order (NI) 1996, together with the Family Proceedings Rules (NI) 1996 and other important regulations relating to the law of children in Northern Ireland.