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Explanation of legal phrases used in the Family Procedure Rules.
The Lord Chancellor has announced the reappointment of Robert Edwards as a member of the Family Procedure Rule Committee for 3 years from 1 March 2021.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Changes to the Family Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2020 come into force on 1 October 2020.
Changes to the Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2020 come into force on 6 April 2020 and 6 July 2020.
Changes to Practice Directions 5B, 36G, 36H, 36J, 36K, 36M, 36N, 36O, 36P, 41A, and 41B come into force in December 2020 and January 2021, and new Practice Direction 41C comes into force in February 2021.
New Practice Directions 30B and 36O, and changes to Practice Directions 36G, 36I, 36J and 36K come into effect in June, July and October.
Amendments to Practice Direction 30A, 36U and 41B come into force on 3, 24 and 31 May 2021.
Links to procedure rule committee pages on 51²è¹Ý.
Statutory Instruments that relate to the Family Procedure Rules.
Ministers have approved the reappointment of Bill Turner as a Lay Advice Member of the Family Procedure Rules Committee for 3 years from 4 November 2022.
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