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Family Procedure Rules

FPR PD 12A

Care, Supervision and Other Part 4 Proceedings: Guide to Case Management

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  • Local Practice Note: Ensuring adherence to the Public Law Outline in Londonupdated 2025-10-03

    cited asPD12A

    …s out the law the Family Court is required to apply in this regard. PD12A (hereafter the PLO) is a self-contained code designed to assist the p…

  • A View from The President’s Chambers: July 2024updated 2025-03-21

    cited asPD12A

    …re may be a misunderstanding (possibly widespread) around the IRH. As PD12A makes plain, the IRH is a hearing at which the court identifies the k…

  • Public Law Outline (PLO)updated 2024-12-10

    cited asPD 12A

    …of the PLO Webinar (16 January 2023) Public Law Outline (PD 12A): PRACTICE DIRECTION 12A - CARE, SUPERVISION AND OTHER PART 4 PROCEED…

  • A View from The President’s Chambers: November 2022updated 2022-12-05

    cited asPD12A

    …ublic Law Outline [‘PLO’], as set out in Family Procedure Rules 2010, PD12A. Readers will be familiar with the background, but, to set the scen…

  • Practice Directionsupdated 2022-06-27

    cited asPD12A

    …014 President's Bundles Practice Direction PD27A 22 April 2014 PD12A(PLO 2014) 22 April 2014 Practice Directions supporting the Famil…

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