Family Procedure Rule Committee - Invitation to comment

Family Procedure Rule Committee Family Procedure Rules An invitation to comment on the Draft Rules, Practice Directions and Forms Published on 28 November 2008 Responses required by 27 February 2009 The Family Procedure Rule Committee Family Procedure Rules An invitation to comment on the Draft Rules, Practice Directions and Forms This information is also available on the Family Procedure Rule Committee webpage at: www.justice.gov.uk/about.family-proc-rule-committee.htm Family Procedure Rules, an invitation to comment Contents Foreword 3 Introduction and Background 4 Principles and Approach 6 The Parts of the Rules 10 What happens next 32 Questionnaire 33 About you 35 Contact details/how to respond 36 The consultation criteria 38 Consultation Co-ordinator contact details 39 1 Family Procedure Rules, an invitation to comment 2 Family Procedure Rules, an invitation to comment Foreword Foreword by Sir Mark Potter, President of the Family Division of the High Court, Head of Family Justice and Chair of the Family Procedure Rule Committee. I am pleased to be able to invite your views on the attached draft Family Procedure Rules. The Family Procedure Rule Committee has been working on these new rules for over two years and this publication contains the drafts of the rules, practice directions and forms as they stand at November 2008. The volume and quality of the material are testimony to the skill and effort of ...