In any case not expressly provided for by these Rules or the practice directions made under them, the court may apply either the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 M1 or the Family Procedure Rules 2010 M2 (including in either case the practice directions made under them) with any necessary modifications, in so far as is necessary to further the overriding objective.

A reference in these Rules to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 or to the Family Procedure Rules 2010 is to the version of those rules in force at the date specified for the purpose of that reference in the relevant practice direction.