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Family analysis: A pilot Practice Direction 36J comes into force on 1 October 2018 to allow certain lawyers to attend family proceedings in the Family Court and Family Division of the High Court with...

This Practice Direction supplementing the Family Procedure Rules 2010 is made by the President of the Family Division under the powers delegated to him by the Lord Chief Justice under Schedule 2, Part...

The Ministry of Justice have published a Practice Direction Amendment which makes three minor changes to existing practice directions:a. It limits the number of pages of certain core documents within...

The Ministry of Justice have released a pilot practice direction 36E which will come into effect on 30 July 2018 and will extend the current pilot version of the online divorce system until 29 March...

The Ministry of Justice are launching a new pilot Practice Direction 36H on Monday 23 July, applying to FGM and Forced Marriage protection orders (and variation, extension and discharge thereof). It...

This Practice Direction supplements FPR Part 27 and comes into force on 23 July 2018[Note by the President 12 June 2018 (not part of the Practice Direction): This is the final approved draft of the...

The FPR Committee has issued a new Family Procedure Rules Practice Direction 36G (Pilot Scheme, Procedure for Using an Online System to Generate Applications in Certain Private Law Proceedings...

A new Part 3A to the Family Procedure Rules 2010 has been published, which comes into force on 27 November 2017. It makes provision in relation to vulnerable persons (parties and witnesses), including...

The President of the Family Division has issued a circular dealing with domestic abuse and containing a new PD12J, which comes into force on 2 October 2017The Family Court Practice (Red Book) brings...

The Court of Protection pilot schemes on Transparency, Case Management, and Section 49 Reports have all been extended until 30 November 2017.Court of Protection Practice provides a detailed and...

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