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Update from Mr Justice Peel, Judge in Charge of the Standard Orders

Published 2026-05-11Last updated 2026-05-13

The Standard Orders were most recently updated in May 2024.

Since then, the Standard Orders Group has continued to monitor legal and procedural developments in family law.

This announcement is intended to update both Volume 1 (Financial Remedies Orders) and Volume 2 (Children and Other orders). The main updates are set out below.