Practice notes
Questions of capacity to marry, cohabit, have sexual relations and agree to the use of contraception are clearly highly sensitive and personal issues...
9th Apr
Practice notes
What is judicial review?Judicial review is a process by which the courts exercise a supervisory jurisdiction over the exercise of public functions by...
Produced in partnership with Mathew Purchase of Matrix Chambers and Dr Mirza Ahmad of St Philips Chambers
9th Apr
Practice notes
IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
Produced in partnership with Morayo Fagborun Bennett of Hardwicke Chambers
9th Apr
Practice notes
Key procedural stages in a judicial review claim in the Administrative Court Broadly speaking, and subject to any contrary directions, the key stages...
Produced in partnership with Mathew Purchase of Matrix Chambers and Dr Mirza Ahmad of St Philips Chambers
9th Apr
Practice notes
The Family Court came into effect on 22 April 2014. As a consequence there were significant changes to the allocation and transfer of proceedings, see...
8th Apr
Practice notes
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...
6th Apr
Practice notes
This Practice Note provides information about, and access to, disclosure standard orders, including a disclosure order for a government department to...
6th Apr
Practice notes
11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU....
6th Apr
Practice notes
This Practice Note provides information about, and access to, parental order standard orders issued by the President of the Family Division, Sir James...
6th Apr
Precedents
In the Family CourtSitting at [court name]No: [case number][The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973ORThe Civil Partnership Act 2004ORThe Child Support Act...
1st Apr
Practice notes
This Practice Note outlines the process of arbitration in family cases, which has been available for financial disputes since March 2012, and for...
Produced in partnership with Suzanne Kingston of Mills & Reeve
1st Apr
Practice notes
This Practice Note outlines the role of the courts in relation to family arbitration. In family cases, arbitration will take place under the Institute...
1st Apr
Practice notes
This Practice Note sets out commonly used terms and their meaning in the non-court dispute resolution processes of family mediation, collaborative law...
Produced in partnership with Suzanne Kingston of Mills & Reeve
1st Apr
Precedents
In the Family CourtSitting at the Royal Courts of JusticeNo: [insert]The marriage of [name of applicant] and [name of respondent]Outline factual...
1st Apr
Practice notes
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...
1st Apr
Practice notes
The Family Court came into effect on 22 April 2014. As a consequence there were significant changes to what type of case may be allocated to the...
1st Apr
Practice notes
The single Family Court came into effect on the 22 April 2014. As a consequence, there were significant changes to the allocation and transfer of...
1st Apr
Practice notes
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...
1st Apr
Practice notes
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...
1st Apr
Practice notes
This Practice Note sets out the features of mediation, the cases in which it will be most appropriate and the advantages of the mediation process.What...
Produced in partnership with Suzanne Kingston of Mills & Reeve
1st Apr