The Law Society of Northern Ireland have launched a completely new and revised second edition of the very popular Law of Children in Northern Ireland: the Annotated Legislation.

The new edition provides family law practitioners with the annotated texts of the major primary and secondary legislation applying to children in Northern Ireland in one convenient volume.

The authors, Judge Gemma Loughran and Michael Long QC, have used their extensive practical experience to produce updated and amended versions of the relevant legislation. In addition the book contains an expanded section on the international aspects of the law relating to children together with new commentary on consent to medical treatment and extended coverage of the Human Rights Act.

Reference is also made to unreported Family Care Centre decisions as well as decisions of the House of Lords/Supreme Court on appeals from Northern Ireland and to relevant applications to the European Court of Human Rights.

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 new book is available via an order form available online.