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PSL Essential Update - Family Procedure Rules Amendments April 2016

Date:6 APR 2016

In a nutshell:


Changes have been made to the Family Procedure Rules to create a new Part 39 regarding attachment of earning orders and a new Part 40 relating to charging orders stop orders and stop notices. There is a new PD 40A to compliment Part 40. There have also been some other minor changes to strike out applications the Child Arrangements Programme and forms in PD 5A.

When:


In force from 6 April 2016.

The statutes and statutory instruments that make the changes:


The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2016 SI 2016/355
Practice Direction Amendments

Summary of the changes:


It is a mixed bag of changes so it's a good idea to look through the SI and amendment document in full but the main points are as follows:

Within the Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2016 SI 2016/355:
  • Rule 3 amends Rule 4.4 of the FPR to clarify that written evidence must be taken into account if the court is considering striking out a statement of case. Practice Direction 4A - Striking out a statement of case - has also been updated with the insertion of paragraph 1.1A which...

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