Standard orders

Standard orders project

The President of the Family Division appointed a drafting group in 2013 under the leadership of Mostyn J to produce a comprehensive set of orders that it was intended would, in due course, become mandatory in the Family Court and the Family Division. The President's rationale behind the project was to avoid the time and money that is wasted in the process of drafting orders that could, and therefore should, be standardised. For details of the background and history of the standard orders project, see: Standard orders—general principles—History of the standard orders project

On 17 May 2023, Mr Justice Peel, the judge in charge of standard orders, announced that, with the authority of the President of the