The Family Proceedings Rules 1991

Petitioner relying on section 11 or 12 of the Civil Evidence Act 1968(1)

2.4—(1) A petitioner who, in reliance on section 11 or 12 of the Civil Evidence Act 1968, intends to adduce evidence that a person—

(a) was convicted of an offence by or before a court in the United Kingdom or by a court-martial there or elsewhere, or

(b) was found guilty of adultery in matrimonial proceedings or to be the father of a child in relevant proceedings before any court in England and Wales, or was adjudged to be the father of a child in affiliation proceedings before a court in the United Kingdom,

must include in his petition a statement of his intention with particulars of—

(i) the conviction, finding or adjudication and the date thereof,

(ii) the court or court-martial which made the conviction, finding or adjudication and, in the case of a finding or adjudication, the proceedings in which it was made, and

(iii) the issue in the proceedings to which the conviction, finding or adjudication is relevant.

(2) In this rule “matrimonial proceedings”, “relevant proceedings” and “affiliation proceedings” have the same meanings as in the said section 12.

(1)

1968 c. 64. Section 11 was amended by the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (c. 62), Schedule 5, paragraph 31 and section 12 was amended by the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42), section 29.