The Family Procedure Rules 2010

CHAPTER 6 E+W GENERAL PROCEDURE

Power to order delivery up of possession etc. E+W

9.24.—(1) This rule applies where the court has made an order under—

(a) section 24A of the 1973 Act M1 ;

(b) section 17(2) of the 1984 Act;

(c) Part 3 of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Act; or

(d) paragraph 9(4) of Schedule 7 to the 2004 Act.

(2) When the court makes an order mentioned in paragraph (1), it may order any party to deliver up to the purchaser or any other person—

(a) possession of the land, including any interest in, or right over, land;

(b) receipt of rents or profits relating to it; or

(c) both.

Marginal Citations

M1 Section 24A was inserted by section 7 of the Matrimonial Homes and Property Act 1981 (c.24) and subsection 6 was inserted by section 46(1) of and Schedule 1 to that Act and the section was amended by section 66(1) and 66(3) of and paragraph 8 of Schedule 8 to and Schedule 10 to the Family Law Act 1996 and by section 261(1) of and paragraph 42 of Schedule 27 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004.

Where proceedings may be heard E+W

9.25.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies to an application—

(a) for a financial order;

(b) under Part 3 of the 1984 Act; or

(c) under Schedule 7 to the 2004 Act.

(2) An application mentioned in paragraph (1) must be heard—

(a) where the case is proceeding in the county court, at any court of trial; and

(b) where the case is proceeding in the High Court—

(i) at the Royal Courts of Justice; or

(ii) in matrimonial or civil partnership proceedings, any court at which sittings of the High Court are authorised.

(3) An application for an order under—

(a) section 27 of the 1973 Act M2 ; or

(b) Part 9 of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Act,

must be heard in a court of trial or in the High Court.

(4) A court may transfer a case to another court exercising the same jurisdiction, either of its own initiative or on the application of one of the parties, if—

(a) the parties consent to the transfer;

(b) the court has held a hearing to determine whether a transfer should be ordered; or

(c) paragraph (5) applies.

(5) A court may transfer a case without a hearing if—

(a) the court has notified the parties in writing that it intends to order a transfer; and

(b) neither party has, within 14 days of the notification being sent, requested a hearing to determine whether a transfer should be ordered.

Marginal Citations

M2 Section 27 was amended by sections 4 and 46(1) and paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 and sections 63(1), (2), (3) (4) and (5) and 89(2)(b) of and Schedule 3 to the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 and sections 33(1) and 66(1) and paragraph 52 of Schedule 2 and paragraphs 13(2), (3) and (4) of Schedule 8 to the Family Law Act 1996 and section 6(1) of the Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973.

Applications for consent orders for financial remedy E+W

9.26.—(1) Subject to paragraph (5) and to rule 35.2, in relation to an application for a consent order—

(a) the applicant must file two copies of a draft of the order in the terms sought, one of which must be endorsed with a statement signed by the respondent to the application signifying agreement; and

(b) each party must file with the court and serve on the other party, a statement of information in the form referred to in Practice Direction 5A.

(2) Where each party's statement of information is contained in one form, it must be signed by both the applicant and respondent to certify that they have read the contents of the other party's statement.

(3) Where each party's statement of information is in a separate form, the form of each party must be signed by the other party to certify that they have read the contents of the statement contained in that form.

(4) Unless the court directs otherwise, the applicant and the respondent need not attend the hearing of an application for a consent order.

(5) Where all or any of the parties attend the hearing of an application for a financial remedy the court may—

(a) dispense with the filing of a statement of information; and

(b) give directions for the information which would otherwise be required to be given in such a statement in such a manner as it thinks fit.

(6) In relation to an application for a consent order under Part 3 of the 1984 Act or Schedule 7 to the 2004 Act, the application for permission to make the application may be heard at the same time as the application for a financial remedy if evidence of the respondent's consent to the order is filed with the application. (The following rules contain provision in relation to applications for consent orders - rule 9.32 (pension sharing order), rule 9.34 (pension attachment order), rule 9.41 (pension compensation sharing orders) and rule 9.43 (pension compensation attachment orders.)