This Practice Direction and Practice Directions 25B to E relate to expert evidence and supplement FPR Part 25. This Practice Direction applies to children proceedings and all other family proceedings.
How does this practice direction support fpr25?
This Practice Direction supports FPR25.16 by providing details about how and when experts discussions are to be arranged, their purpose and content. This Practice Direction applies to children proceedings and all other family proceedings.
What is the scope of this practice direction?
Scope of this Practice Direction 1.1 This Practice Direction focuses on the duties of an expert including the contents of the expert’s report and, where an expert is to attend court, the arrangements for such attendance. Other Practice Directions supporting FPR Part 25 deal with different aspects of experts in family proceedings.
What are the different types of Practice Direction?
Practice Direction 2B – Allocation of Cases to Levels of Judiciary. Practice Direction 2C – Starting proceedings in the County Court. Practice Direction 2D – References in the Rules to actions done by the court. Practice Direction 2E – Jurisdiction of the county court that maybe be exercised by a legal adviser.
What is Practice Direction 15B (adults who may be protected parties)?
Attention is drawn to Practice Direction 15B (Adults Who May Be Protected Parties and Children Who May Become Protected Parties In Family Proceedings) which gives guidance relating to proceedings where an adult party may not have capacity to conduct the litigation or to instruct an expert.
When do amended practice directions come into force?
Amendments to Practice Directions are contained in the 107th Update to the Civil Procedure Rules, but they will only come into force if and when the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/521) comes into force.
