This Practice Note contains links to flowcharts in Lexis+® UK covering a wide range of family law issues including divorce and dissolution, applications under Part 18 of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), reporting restriction orders, financial provision, public children, private children, international children, court bundles and appeals. The flowcharts set out the procedural steps to be taken in various family proceedings. Flowcharts are housed in Practice Notes containing links to relevant overviews, Practice Notes, precedents, procedural guides, client guides, legislation, cases, forms and further reading links. Divorce and dissolution proceedings issued after 6 April 2022 (post-DDSA 2020) The following flowchart is for use in relation to proceedings for divorce and dissolution proceedings issued after 6 April 2022 (post-DDSA 2020): ● Divorce or civil partnership dissolution, sole application, standard case (post-DDSA 2020)—flowchart Divorce and dissolution proceedings issued before 6 April 2022 (pre-DDSA 2020) The following flowcharts are for use in relation to proceedings for divorce and dissolution proceedings issued before 6 April 2022 (pre-DDSA 2020): ● Undefended divorce or civil partnership dissolution (pre-DDSA 2020)—flowchart ●

This Practice Note contains links to the latest download versions of all of the standard orders published as part of the standard orders project, grouped by area of family law. For more details on the standard orders project, see Practice Note: Standard orders—general principles. 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. The house rules remain unchanged. 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 form) had been updated to include at the beginning the address and date of birth of the respondent to the application, as required for police database purposes. On 14 July 2026, Peel J announced that selected standard orders had been updated following discussions between the standard orders group and

The index to the Criminal Procedure Rules and Criminal Practice Directions has been published. The index will facilitate easier navigation of the rules and practice directions.

A bond issued by the UK government (gilt) whose interest (coupon) and capital (principal) payments are linked to the UK retail prices index (RPI).

The method with which pension benefits are adjusted to take into account changes in the cost of living.

(1) A passive management approach designed to mimic the investment performance of a specific market index. A portfolio may be indexed either by buying every security in the index in the same proportion as the index (known as replication), or by selecting a smaller number of securities that together reflect as accurately as possible the characteristics of the index (known as sampling). (2) A mechanism to increase pensions in payment and/or preserved benefits by reference to increases in a specified index of prices or earnings.

An allowance applicable to corporation tax liabilities in respect of chargeable gains, which seeks to compensate the taxpayer for the effects of inflation.

FORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT: Section 10 of the Finance Act 2022 will increase the normal minimum pension age (NMPA) from 55 to 57 on 6 April 2028 (save for members of the firefighters, police and armed forces public service pension schemes). The Finance Act 2022 will also give members of registered pension schemes a right to take their benefits before age 57, if on or before 4 November 2021 they either had an ‘unqualified right’ to take benefits or were in the process of a substantive transfer to a scheme offering an unqualified right to a protected pension age of less than 57 on or before 4 November 2021. To benefit from this new 2028 protection, the rules of the pension scheme must have included (on 11 February 2021) an unqualified right to take the entitlement to scheme benefits before age 57. For further information, see Practice Note: Increasing the normal minimum pension age (NMPA) to 57—pensions impact. THIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES TO OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMES Subject

1. What is the applicable legislation? The applicable legislation and policies governing FDI are the Foreign Direct Investment Policy, 2020, effective from 15 October 2020, as amended from time to time (FDI Policy), the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), and various rules and regulations issued under FEMA, particularly the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-Debt Instruments) Rules, 2019, as amended from time to time (NDI Rules). 2. Which government or other body (or bodies) reviews foreign investments? Under Indian exchange control laws, there are two routes available to a foreign investor to invest in India, depending upon the sector in which the investment is being made: • automatic route—investments under this route do not require any approval from the designated Government department but may have certain sector related conditions and caps attached to them. • approval route—investments under this route require prior approval from the designated Government department and may also have certain sector related conditions and caps attached to the investment. Foreign investments are not permitted in the sectors identified in Paragraph 2 of Schedule I

UK Visas and Immigration have released details of when the second ballot will open for the India Young Professionals Scheme visa, and how to apply. The ballot will open at 1:30pm India Standard Time on 16 July, and close at 1:30pm India Standard Time on 18 July 2024. The successful entries will be picked at random. There are 3,000 places available for the India Young Professionals Scheme visa in 2024, but the majority of places were made available in the previous (February) ballot.

The Home Office has released details of when the second ballot will open for the India Young Professionals Scheme visa, and how to apply. The ballot will open at 1:30pm India Standard Time on 22 July, and close at 1:30pm India Standard Time on 24 July 2025. The successful entries will be picked at random. There are 3,000 places available for the India Young Professionals Scheme visa in 2025, but the majority of places were made available in the previous (February) ballot.

India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has joined the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) as an affiliate member in a move aimed at strengthening India's medical device regulatory system. In recent years, the Indian Government has introduced regulations for medical devices to align the country's regulatory framework with globally accepted standards and to grow the Indian medtech industry. As an affiliate member, CDSCO will participate in IMDRF open sessions. Affiliate membership will enable exchange of information on technical topics with other regulators, discussion of medical device regulatory strategies and trends, provision of feedback on its experience and perspectives, and use of IMDRF documents as the basis for its regulatory frameworks. India joins Botswana, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, Israel, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa and others on the list of affiliate members.