The second phase, involving divorcing parents with any child or children below 14 years of age, was implemented for cases filed from 1st July 2013. (1) In any proceedings before the Court, it may direct that parties attend mediation and/or counselling (pursuant to section 50 of the Women’s Charter (Cap. This supersedes the current pilot Practice Direction (PD36D) which allows for applications to be generated online, then printed and posted to the court. PD36K – which updates that the pilot practice direction which provides for service of FGM and Forced Marriage Protection Orders on the police will remain in force until 26th July 2020. The objective of the review was an administrative re-set to identify and eliminate obsolete and redundant practice directions. Save as PDF. Amendment to pilot Practice Direction 36J (Pilot Scheme: Transparency (Attendance at Hearings in Private). The Registrar or the Judge may also make any orders necessary, including any orders pertaining to the payment of the mediation and its related fees. Use of Video or Telephone Conferencing for Hearings, 161A. amend the provisions in Part 8 of the FPR 2010 relating to applications to a court in England and Wales for permission to apply for a financial remedy order following an overseas divorce or civil partnership dissolution, to require such applications be made without notice; insert a signpost in the FPR 2010 to the rules dealing with the allocation of such proceedings in the family court, and remove existing rules about the allocation of such proceedings in the High Court; amend the provisions in Part 9 of the FPR 2010 relating to the Financial Dispute Resolution Appointment to require all cases to be referred for a Financial Dispute Resolution Appointment save in specified circumstances; amend the provisions in Part 17 of the FPR 2010 relating to statements of truth to require a statement of truth to be included in an application for a matrimonial or civil partnership order or an answer to such an application. Citation of written judgments and secondary authorities, 94. This pilot Practice Direction permits the use of a third party bulk scanning provider to receive and digitise private law applications made on the court application form C100. The directions complement existing legislation, rules and regulations, and may refer to issues such as the use of the court precinct, appearances by practitioners and parties, and case management. Notice of Public Counter Services (October 29, 2020). Request for waiver or deferment of court fees in Family Division of the High Court, 134. Amendment of documents originally filed in Court by entering relevant information in an electronic template, 155. Forms of documents to be filed for proceedings under Chapter 4A of Part X of the Women’s Charter (Cap. (4) For mediations conducted by the SMC, the parties and/or counsel shall provide the Registrar or the Judge with the necessary information for the SMC to contact them to arrange for the mediation. Modification of Practice Direction 5B (Communication and filing of documents by email) to enable Local Authorities, adoption agencies, Cafcass and Cafcass Cymru, or their legal representatives, to email documents relating to adoption proceedings. disputes relating to the custody, care and control of and/or access to any child). Practice Directions and Registrar's Circulars are issued by the Court to supplement the Rules of Court by regulating court practice and procedure. Counselling may also be directed after orders are made to assist with the emotional aspects of dealing with the outcome of the orders particularly in cases involving the relocation of a child. 353), 25A. 353) provides for mandatory counselling / mediation sessions at the Family Justice Courts. Uncontested applications for certain specified matters, 62. Noting of appearances of advocates/prosecutors, 43. Both the Practice Directions in English and the Chinese translation are available. Appointment of Maintenance Record Officer, 26. Service on the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (“ICA”) with Court Orders or Injunctions restraining or prohibiting the taking of child out of jurisdiction, 11. This update extends the expiry date for the pilot project for three months to 30 October 2020. (2) Counselling is conducted to help parties manage difficult emotions related to a divorce or any other familial relationship, and facilitating a parenting agreement that preserves significant relationships and supports children’s psychological adjustment to the separation. Mediation should be considered at the earliest possible stage in order to facilitate an amicable resolution of the dispute. Make rule amendments that require parties to financial disputes to provide estimates of legal costs to the court at an early stage and at various stages in a case (see the new rule 9.27 FPR 2010 and the amendments to PD9A and PD17A), and to make early open settlement offers (see new rule 9.27A FPR 2010). From July 2000 to September 2003, the Lord Chancellor authorised Lord Justice May to make these practice directions. (d) the applicant’s letter of undertaking to indemnify the Family Justice Courts and the Bailiff against any liabilities or claims that may arise from or in connection with the execution of the order granted by the Court to the applicant (Form 264 in Appendix A to these Practice Directions); From April 1999 to July 2000 the Lord Chancellor authorised the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Richard Scott (as he then was) under section 74A of the 1984 Act. alterations to the provisions for exemptions from attendance at a statutory Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (“MIAM”) to provide for various forms of evidence in relation to domestic violence to now relate to a past sixty month period and a new exemption on the ground of financial abuse; make further provisions relating to the operation of new setting aside rules in rule 9.9A of the 2010 Rules; allow for disclosure of information from certain family proceedings by a party’s legal representative to a professional indemnity insurer without that amounting to a potential contempt of court; amend Practice Direction 30A in relation to appeals to: reflect changes to the routes of certain appeals from the family court as a result of The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) (Family Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2016 which comes into effect 3 October 2016. make provision for smaller court bundles in appeals to the High Court; clarify the circumstances in which applications should be made to appeal, rather than set aside, a financial remedy order of the court. This latest update extends the applications and stages in public law proceedings which can be completed using the online system to potentially include applications for any “public law proceedings” or “emergency proceedings”,  as defined in the FPR 2010, and to applications for secure accommodation orders made under section 119 of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014. Applications for grant of probate or letters of administration, 64. b) Provide further guidance on points of procedure pertinent to family proceedings, through an accompanying Practice Direction 37A. Magistrate’s complaints (Private summonses), 33. The practice directions to the Civil Procedure Rules apply to civil litigation in the Queen's Bench Division and the Chancery Division of the High Court and to litigation in the county courts other than family proceedings. (2) Notice(s) of attendance for mandatory counselling/mediation sessions with location details will be sent to the plaintiff and defendant in the divorce proceedings. These are as follows: a) Provide the consequential amendments that ensure that references to contempt proceedings are correctly referred to across the FPR 2010. Arrangements for the welfare of children, 10A. Insertion of new Rule 30.12A – which provides clarification on the Appeal court’s powers to order that hearing of appeal be heard in public.