As we try to grapple with the extent of the widespread global Coronavirus, national guidance was issued on the 19th March 2020 for the Family and Civil Courts with messages from the LCJ and The President of the Family Division. This included a precedent draft consent order form for parties to use to apply for remote hearings pursuant to FPR 2010 r 4.1(e).

Updates are provided regularly by the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary News Update.

Further information:

Message from the President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice the Rt Hon Sir Andrew McFarlane with a precedent consent order form for an application for remote hearings: shorturl.at/xzO68

Message from the LCJ:  shorturl.at/qvH07