C1Part 7Procedure rules and practice directions

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Family Procedure Rules and practice directions

I1I275Family Procedure Rules

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There are to be rules of court (to be called “Family Procedure Rules”) governing the practice and procedure to be followed in family proceedingsF2...

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Family Procedure Rules are to be made by a committee known as the Family Procedure Rule Committee.

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Family proceedings” means—

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proceedings in the family court, and

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proceedings in the Family Division of the High Court which are business assigned, by or under section 61 of (and Schedule 1 to) the Senior Courts Act 1981, to that Division of the High Court and no other.

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The power to make Family Procedure Rules includes power to make different provision for F4different cases or different areas, including different provision—

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for a specified court or description of courts, or

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for specified descriptions of proceedings or a specified jurisdiction.

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Any power to make F1. . . Family Procedure Rules is to be exercised with a view to securing that—

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the family justice system is accessible, fair and efficient, and

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the rules are both simple and simply expressed.