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. Subsequently a suite of financial remedies, children and other standard orders have been published. For details of the background and history of the standard orders project, see: Standard orders—general principles—History of the standard orders project

On 11 May 2026, Mr Justice Peel, the judge in charge of standard orders, with the authority of the President of the Family Division, announced that the standard orders in volume 1 (financial remedies orders) and volume 2 (children and other orders) were updated to reflect developments in law and practice since May 2024. See News Analysis: Amended family standard orders published.

On 21 May 2026, Peel J announced that standard order 10.2 non-molestation order (example short