Family Law: Practice and Procedure
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Family Law: Practice and Procedure
By (Author) Lyndsey Keogh
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Professional
30th January 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Legal systems: courts and procedures
346.417015
Physical Properties
Hardback
800
Width 156mm, Height 248mm
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 courts 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
Author Bio
Lyndsey Keogh is a barrister practicing predominantly in the family law courts. She has significant experience in the District, Circuit and Superior Courts. She is the Family Law Course Co-ordinator and tutor for the Barrister at law degree programme since 2019. Lyndsey is the Education Chair of the Family Lawyers Association since 2019 where she is responsible for organising regular Continuous Professional Development events each month focusing on topics relating to family law. She has extensive knowledge of practice and procedure in family law across all jurisdictions having practiced almost exclusively in this area since 2013. She has a keen interest in practice and procedure.
