practice guidelines 2011 to be used now 6th APRIL 2011

practice guidelines 2011 to be used now 6th APRIL 2011

  1. Introductory Text
  2. Expand + / Collapse -PART 1 OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE
    1. 1.1.The overriding objective
    2. 1.2.Application by the court of the overriding objective
    3. 1.3.Duty of the parties
    4. 1.4.Court’s duty to manage cases
  3. Expand + / Collapse -PART 2 APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE RULES
    1. 2.1.Application of these Rules
    2. 2.2.The glossary
    3. 2.3.Interpretation
    4. 2.4.Modification of rules in application to serial numbers etc.
    5. 2.5.Power to perform functions conferred on the court by these rules an…
    6. 2.6.Powers of the single justice to perform functions under the 1989 Ac…
    7. 2.7.Single justice’s power to refer to a magistrates’ court
    8. 2.8.Court’s discretion as to where it deals with cases
    9. 2.9.Computation of time
    10. 2.10.Dates for compliance to be calendar dates and to include time of day
  4. Expand + / Collapse -PART 3 ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: THE COURT’S POWERS
    1. 3.1.Scope of this Part
    2. 3.2.Court’s duty to consider alternative dispute resolution
    3. 3.3.When the court will adjourn proceedings or a hearing in proceedings
  5. Expand + / Collapse -PART 4 GENERAL CASE MANAGEMENT POWERS
    1. 4.1.The court’s general powers of management
    2. 4.2.Court officer’s power to refer to the court
    3. 4.3.Court’s power to make order of its own initiative
    4. 4.4.Power to strike out a statement of case
    5. 4.5.Sanctions have effect unless defaulting party obtains relief
    6. 4.6.Relief from sanctions
    7. 4.7.General power of the court to rectify matters where there has been …
    8. 4.8.Power of the court to make civil restraint orders
  6. Expand + / Collapse -PART 5 FORMS AND START OF PROCEEDINGS
    1. 5.1.Forms
    2. 5.2.Documents to be attached to a form
    3. 5.3.Proceedings are started by issue of application form
  7. Expand + / Collapse -PART 6 SERVICE
    1. CHAPTER 1 SCOPE OF THIS PART AND INTERPRETATION
      1. 6.1.Part 6 rules about service apply generally
      2. 6.2.Interpretation
    2. CHAPTER 2 SERVICE OF THE APPLICATION FOR A MATRIMONIAL ORDER OR CIV…
      1. 6.3.Interpretation
      2. 6.4.Methods of service
      3. 6.5.Who is to serve the application
      4. 6.6.Every respondent to be served
      5. 6.7.Personal service
      6. 6.8.Service of application by the court
      7. 6.9.Service by the bailiff
      8. 6.10.Where to serve the application – general provisions
      9. 6.11.Service of the application on a solicitor within the jurisdiction or in any EEA state
      10. 6.12.Service of the application where the respondent gives an address at…
      11. 6.13.Service of the application where the respondent does not give an ad…
      12. 6.14.Service of the application on children and protected parties
      13. 6.15.Deemed service – receipt of acknowledgment of service
      14. 6.16.Deemed service by post or alternative service where no acknowledgme…
      15. 6.17.Proof of personal service where no acknowledgment of service filed
      16. 6.18.Proof of service by the court etc.
      17. 6.19.Service of the application by an alternative method or at an altern…
      18. 6.20.Power of the court to dispense with service of the application
      19. 6.21.Notification of failure of service by the court
      20. 6.22.Notice of non-service by bailiff
    3. CHAPTER 3 SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS OTHER THAN AN APPLICATION FOR A MATR…
      1. 6.23.Method of service
      2. 6.24.Who is to serve
      3. 6.25.Personal service
      4. 6.26.Address for service
      5. 6.27.Change of address for service
      6. 6.28.Service of an application form commencing proceedings on children a…
      7. 6.29.Service of other documents on or by children and protected parties …
      8. 6.30.Service on or by children where a children’s guardian has been or w…
      9. 6.31.Service on or by children where a children’s guardian has been appo…
      10. 6.32.Supplementary provisions relating to service on children and protec…
      11. 6.33.Supplementary provision relating to service on children
      12. 6.34.Deemed service
      13. 6.35.Service by an alternative method or at an alternative place
      14. 6.36.Power to dispense with service
      15. 6.37.Certificate of service
      16. 6.38.Notification of outcome of service by the court
      17. 6.39.Notification of non-service by bailiff
    4. CHAPTER 4 SERVICE OUT OF THE JURISDICTION
      1. 6.40.Scope and interpretation
      2. 6.41.Permission to serve not required
      3. 6.42.Period for acknowledging service or responding to application where…
      4. 6.43.Method of service – general provisions
      5. 6.44.Service in accordance with the Service Regulation
      6. 6.45.Service through foreign governments, judicial authorities and Briti…
      7. 6.46.Procedure where service is to be through foreign governments, judic…
      8. 6.47.Translation of application form or other document
      9. 6.48.Undertaking to be responsible for expenses of the Foreign and Commo…
  8. Expand + / Collapse -PART 7 PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATIONS IN MATRIMONIAL AND CIVIL PARTNERS…
    1. CHAPTER 1 APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION
      1. 7.1.Application and interpretation
      2. 7.2.District Registries
      3. 7.3.Principal Registry
      4. 7.4.References to respondents
    2. CHAPTER 2 RULES ABOUT STARTING AND RESPONDING TO PROCEEDINGS
      1. 7.5.Starting proceedings
      2. 7.6.Statement of reconciliation
      3. 7.7.Limitation on applications in respect of same marriage or civil par…
      4. 7.8.Service of application
      5. 7.9.Withdrawal of application before service
      6. 7.10.Who the parties are
      7. 7.11.Nullity: Interim and full gender recognition certificates
      8. 7.12.What the respondent and co-respondent should do on receiving the ap…
      9. 7.13.Amendments to the application and the answer
      10. 7.14.How the respondent can make an application
      11. 7.15.Further information about the contents of the application and the a…
    3. CHAPTER 3 HOW THE COURT DETERMINES MATRIMONIAL AND CIVIL PARTNERSHI…
      1. 7.16.General rule – hearing to be in public
      2. 7.17.Exercise of jurisdiction in cases heard at place other than the cou…
      3. 7.18.Notice of hearing
      4. 7.19.Applications for a decree nisi or a conditional order
      5. 7.20.What the court will do on an application for a decree nisi, a condi…
      6. 7.21.Further provisions about costs
      7. 7.22.What the court must do for the case management hearing
      8. 7.23.Where proceedings under this Part may be heard
      9. 7.24.The circumstances in which proceedings may be transferred between c…
      10. 7.25.The procedure for complying with section 41 of 1973 Act or section …
      11. 7.26.Medical examinations in proceedings for nullity of marriage
      12. 7.27.Stay of proceedings
    4. CHAPTER 4 COURT ORDERS
      1. 7.28.The circumstances in which an order may be set aside (rescission)
      2. 7.29.Applications under section 10(2) of 1973 Act or section 48(2) of 20…
      3. 7.30.Orders under section 10A(2) of the 1973 Act
      4. 7.31.Applications to prevent decrees nisi being made absolute or conditi…
      5. 7.32.Making decrees nisi absolute or conditional orders final by giving …
      6. 7.33.Applications to make decrees nisi absolute or conditional orders final
      7. 7.34.What the court officer must do when a decree nisi is made absolute
      8. 7.35.What the court officer must do when a conditional order is made final
      9. 7.36.Records of decrees absolute and final orders
  9. Expand + / Collapse -PART 8 PROCEDURE FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS
    1. CHAPTER 1 PROCEDURE
      1. 8.1.Procedure
    2. CHAPTER 2 APPLICATION FOR CORRECTED GENDER RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE
      1. 8.2.Scope of this Chapter
      2. 8.3.Where to start proceedings
      3. 8.4.Who the parties are
      4. 8.5.Delivery of copy certificate to Secretary of State
    3. CHAPTER 3 APPLICATION FOR ALTERATION OF MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AFTER…
      1. 8.6.Scope of this Chapter
      2. 8.7.Where to start proceedings
      3. 8.8.Who the parties are
      4. 8.9.Representative parties
      5. 8.10.Acknowledgment of service
      6. 8.11.Hearings may be in private
    4. CHAPTER 4 APPLICATION FOR QUESTION AS TO PROPERTY TO BE DECIDED IN …
      1. 8.12.Scope of this Chapter
      2. 8.13.Procedure
      3. 8.14.Where to start proceedings
      4. 8.15.Mortgagees as parties
      5. 8.16.Injunctions
      6. 8.17.Application of other rules
    5. CHAPTER 5 DECLARATIONS
      1. 8.18.Scope of this Chapter
      2. 8.19.Where to start proceedings
      3. 8.20.Who the parties are
      4. 8.21.The role of the Attorney General
      5. 8.22.Declarations of parentage
    6. CHAPTER 6 APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR A FINANCIAL REMED…
      1. 8.23.Scope of this Chapter
      2. 8.24.Where and how to start proceedings
      3. 8.25.Application to be made without notice
      4. 8.26.Notification of hearing date
      5. 8.27.Hearings to be in private unless the court directs otherwise
      6. 8.28.Direction that application be dealt with by a district judge of the…
    7. CHAPTER 7 APPLICATION FOR THE TRANSFER OF A TENANCY UNDER SECTION 5…
      1. 8.29.Scope of this Chapter
      2. 8.30.Where to start proceedings
      3. 8.31.Service of the application
      4. 8.32.Who the parties are
      5. 8.33.Orders for disclosure
      6. 8.34.Injunctions
    8. CHAPTER 8 APPLICATIONS FOR ORDERS PREVENTING AVOIDANCE UNDER SECTIO…
      1. 8.35.Scope of this Chapter
      2. 8.36.Interpretation
      3. 8.37.Where to start proceedings
      4. 8.38.Who the parties are
      5. 8.39.Service of the application
      6. 8.40.Applications without notice
    9. CHAPTER 9 APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO MARRIAGE OF A CHILD OR TO REGI…
      1. 8.41.Scope of this Chapter
      2. 8.42.Child acting without a children’s guardian
      3. 8.43.Who the respondents are
  10. Expand + / Collapse -PART 9 APPLICATIONS FOR A FINANCIAL REMEDY
    1. CHAPTER 1 APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION
      1. 9.1.Application
      2. 9.2.Application of Magistrates’ Courts Rules 1981
      3. 9.3.Interpretation
    2. CHAPTER 2 PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATIONS
      1. 9.4.When an Application for a financial order may be made
      2. 9.5.Where to start proceedings
      3. 9.6.Application for an order preventing a disposition
      4. 9.7.Application for interim orders
      5. 9.8.Application for periodical payments order at same rate as an order …
      6. 9.9.Application for periodical payments order at same rate as an order …
    3. CHAPTER 3 APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL REMEDIES FOR CHILDREN
      1. 9.10.Application by parent, guardian etc for financial remedy in respect of children
      2. 9.11.Children to be separately represented on certain applications
    4. CHAPTER 4 PROCEDURE IN THE HIGH COURT AND COUNTY COURT AFTER FILING…
      1. 9.12.Duties of the court and the applicant upon issuing an application
      2. 9.13.Service of application on mortgagees, trustees etc
      3. 9.14.Procedure before the first appointment
      4. 9.15.Duties of the court at the first appointment
      5. 9.16.After the first appointment
      6. 9.17.The FDR appointment
    5. CHAPTER 5 PROCEDURE IN THE MAGISTRATES’ COURT AFTER FILING AN APPLI…
      1. 9.18.Duties of the court and the applicant upon filing an application
      2. 9.19.Procedure before the first hearing
      3. 9.20.Power of the court to direct filing of evidence and set dates for f…
      4. 9.21.Who the respondent is on an application under section 20 or section…
      5. 9.22.Proceedings by or against a person outside England and Wales for or…
      6. 9.23.Duty to make entries in the court’s register
    6. CHAPTER 6 GENERAL PROCEDURE
      1. 9.24.Power to order delivery up of possession etc.
      2. 9.25.Where proceedings may be heard
      3. 9.26.Applications for consent orders for financial remedy
    7. CHAPTER 7 ESTIMATES OF COSTS
      1. 9.27.Estimates of Costs
      2. 9.28.Duty to make open proposals
    8. CHAPTER 8 PENSIONS
      1. 9.29.Application and interpretation of this Chapter
      2. 9.30.What the party with pension rights must do when the court fixes a f…
      3. 9.31.Applications for pension sharing orders
      4. 9.32.Applications for consent orders for pension sharing
      5. 9.33.Applications for pension attachment orders
      6. 9.34.Applications for consent orders for pension attachment
      7. 9.35.Pension sharing orders or pension attachment orders
      8. 9.36.Duty of the court upon making a pension sharing order or a pension …
      9. 9.37.Procedure where Pension Protection Fund becomes involved with the p…
    9. CHAPTER 9 PENSION PROTECTION FUND COMPENSATION
      1. 9.38.Application and interpretation of this Chapter
      2. 9.39.What the party with compensation rights must do when the court fixe…
      3. 9.40.Applications for pension compensation sharing orders
      4. 9.41.Applications for consent orders for pension compensation sharing
      5. 9.42.Applications for pension compensation attachment orders
      6. 9.43.Applications for consent orders for pension compensation attachment
      7. 9.44.Pension compensation sharing orders or pension compensation attachm…
      8. 9.45.Duty of the court upon making a pension compensation sharing order …
  11. Expand + / Collapse -PART 10 APPLICATIONS UNDER PART 4 OF THE FAMILY LAW ACT 1996
    1. 10.1.Scope and interpretation of this Part
    2. 10.2.Applications for an occupation order or a non-molestation order
    3. 10.3.Service of the application
    4. 10.4.Transfer of pending proceedings to another court
    5. 10.5.Privacy
    6. 10.6.Service of an order
    7. 10.7.Representations made by a mortgagee or landlord
    8. 10.8.Applications to vary, extend or discharge an order
    9. 10.9.Orders containing provisions to which a power of arrest is attached
    10. 10.10.Service of an order on the officer for the time being in charge of …
    11. 10.11.Proceedings following arrest in a county court or the High Court
    12. 10.12.Enforcement of an order in a county court
    13. 10.13.Enforcement of an undertaking in a county court
    14. 10.14.Power to adjourn the hearing for consideration of the penalty
    15. 10.15.Hospital orders or guardianship orders under the Mental Health Act …
    16. 10.16.Transfer directions under section 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983
    17. 10.17.Recognizances
  12. Expand + / Collapse -PART 11 APPLICATIONS UNDER PART 4A OF THE FAMILY LAW ACT 1996
    1. 11.1.Scope and interpretation
    2. 11.2.Applications
    3. 11.3.Permission to apply
    4. 11.4.Service of applications on notice
    5. 11.5.Transfer of proceedings
    6. 11.6.Parties
    7. 11.7.Hearings and service of orders
    8. 11.8.Orders made by the court of its own initiative
    9. 11.9.Representations in respect of orders
    10. 11.10.Applications to vary, extend or discharge an order
    11. 11.11.Orders containing provisions to which a power of arrest is attached
    12. 11.12.Service where order contains a power of arrest
    13. 11.13.Application for issue of warrant for arrest
    14. 11.14.Proceedings following arrest
    15. 11.15.Enforcement of orders
    16. 11.16.Power to adjourn the hearing for consideration of the penalty
    17. 11.17.Hospital orders or guardianship orders under the Mental Health Act …
    18. 11.18.Transfer directions under section 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983
    19. 11.19.Recognizances
  13. Expand + / Collapse -PART 12 PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO CHILDREN EXCEPT PARENTAL ORDER PROC…
    1. CHAPTER 1 INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF THIS PART
      1. 12.1.Application of this Part
      2. 12.2.Interpretation
    2. CHAPTER 2 GENERAL RULES
      1. 12.3.Who the parties are
      2. 12.4.Notice of proceedings to person with foreign parental responsibility
      3. 12.5.What the court will do when the application has been issued
      4. 12.6.Children’s guardian, solicitor and reports under section 7 of the 1…
      5. 12.7.What a court officer will do
      6. 12.8.Service of the application
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