"essential ... it is a great boon to have all these materials in one relatively small volume ... this volume is a must" New Law Journal (review of earlier edition)Hershman & McFarlane Children Act Handbook 2016/17, designed for use in court, provides a portable, single volume source of key children proceedings legislation and related guidance.It contains consolidated and fully amended texts of the Children Act 1989 and relevant provisions of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 and supplementary Practice Directions.