PRACTICE DIRECTION - 15.11A

Application of
Financial Dispute Resolution Pilot Scheme

1.  The procedure contained in the Practice Direction 15.11 for the hearing and disposal of ancillary relief applications in the Family Court and in the Court of First Instance will be extended from the date of this Practice Direction to include any case in which the parties are agreed to adopt the procedure in Practice Direction 15.11. Depending on the stage of that prior litigation, it may be necessary to seek directions from the court.

2.  In such cases the parties will jointly write to the Registrar of the High Court or of the Family Court, as may be the case, and ask for the fixing of a date for a First Appointment which will be provided by the Registrar on the first open date for such appointments after which the provisions of Practice Direction 15.11 will apply to that case.

3.  This Practice Direction shall come into operation with immediate effect.

Dated this 5th day of August 2004