Family Law: Practice and Procedure

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Family Law: Practice and Procedure

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Description

Provides practitioners with a comprehensive guide to practice and procedure in each jurisdiction in Ireland (District, Circuit and Superior Courts) together with basic essential precedents. It is the first general textbook in many years to detail practice and procedure in the family law courts. It is a comprehensive and detailed guide to the court's rulings, legislative developments and procedural and evidential rules, which are extraordinarily specific, setting out the rules comprehensively and clearly. It is accessible and useful for practitioners with all relevant material on the practical considerations, procedural requirements and evidential issues specific to family law proceedings in the lower and superior courts.
The book covers:

- The most recent case law and recent legislative developments
- The rules of District Court, Circuit Court and High Court
- Detailed analysis and practical guidance on all recent case law and key procedural developments in the areas of divorce, civil partnership, child law, financial provision, enforcement and appeals
- Discovery rules in family law
- Enforcement of judgments / committals
- Transfer of proceedings/ consolidation
- Settlement of proceedings
- Costs
- Third party procedure
- Appeals

This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Irish Child and Family Law online service.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The District Court (venue, jurisdiction, initial applications – issue, service of documents, hearing/evidence, discharge/variation applications, appeals)
Chapter 3: The Circuit Court (venue, jurisdiction, initial applications – issue, service of documents, hearing/evidence, discharge/variation applications, appeals)
Chapter 4: The High Court
Chapter 5: Appeals (to include Court of Appeal/Supreme Court)
Chapter 6: Third Party procedure
Chapter 7: Transfer of Proceedings/ Consolidation
Chapter 8: Discovery in Family Law
Chapter 9: Striking Out/ Settlement of Proceedings
Chapter 10: Evidence (to include expert evidence
Chapter 11: Enforcement
Chapter 12: Costs
Chapter 13: The Family Court Bill 2020
Precedents
Index

Product details

Published 13 Jun 2024
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 800
ISBN 9781526524249
Imprint Bloomsbury Professional
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Lyndsey Keogh

Lyndsey Keogh is a barrister practicing predominan…