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23 MARCH 2015
William East
INTRODUCTION
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2.
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Shortening
of
periods
for compliance
with certain
procedural steps;
(f)
3.
PARTICIPATION OF P
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4.
5.
6.
The court can also decide that Ps interests and position can be
secured without without any direction for the appointment of a
litigation friend, an ALR, an alternative representative or for P
to address the judge, or through an alternative direction (Subrule (2) (e)).
9.
10.
representative
cannot
fairly
and
(c)
12.
APPLICATION
OF
CIVIL
PROCEDURE
RULES/
FAMILY
13.
14.
This will provide a wider choice for rules for the court to resort
to in the event that the Rules themselves do not assist. Rule 9
of the Amendment Rules also helpfully clarifies that a
reference in the Rules to the CPR 1998 or the FPR 2010 is to
the version of those rules in force at the date specified in the
relevant practice direction. The relevant practice direction
(Practice Direction 3C, which comes into force on 6 April 2015)
states that the versions concerned are those which are in force
on 6 April 2015.
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decide
how
they
could
apply
with
any
necessary
16.
THE
MOVE
AWAY
FROM
SEPARATE
PERMISSION
relation
to
the
application
at
the
first
stage.
See
10
11
OF
PERMISSION
TO
WITHDRAW
APPLICATIONS
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22.
within
Part
10
of
the
Rules. Under
an
amendment to Rule 77 of Part 10, which introduces a new Subrule (5), the person solely seeking such permission must (a) file
a written request for permission setting out succinctly the
reasons for the request, (b) the request must be in an
application notice and (c) the court may permit an application
to be made orally or in such alternative written form as it
thinks fit.
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