Special Guardianship and Adoption Handbook is a comprehensive, accessible guide to special guardianship and adoption law for all children and family law practitioners. It provides essential advice at all stages of representing clients: at the office, drafting, negotiating and conducting court hearings. This new book provides: * a comprehensive overview of special guardianship and adoption orders, and how they fit together; * practical, step-by-step guidance on drafting and procedure; * updates on key developments and changes to the processes, procedure, and outcomes in the law; * workflow diagrams and flowcharts explaining special guardianship and adoption law procedure; * details of important regulations and the most recent and significant court decisions. This book is essential reading for anyone who needs to understand the complexities of these two orders and how they tie in within private and public law proceedings.

Safda Mahmood is an experienced practitioner with over 28 years' experience in children and family related law. As a lecturer, he runs training courses in England and Wales to members of the legal profession and other professionals. As an author, he has written widely on family and children law related matters and he is the author of the Law Society publication, Children Law Handbook (2021).