Family Law: Practice and Procedure

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.

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