Article 7 Composition: appeals heard by a judge of High Court levelC1
England and Wales
The family court shall be composed of a judge of High Court level when hearing an appeal from the decision of—
the Senior District Judge of the Family Division in financial remedy proceedings;
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a costs judge; or
the Gender Recognition Panel where an appeal is brought under section 8(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 M1 (Appeals etc.).
The family court shall be composed of a judge of High Court level (instead of a judge of district judge level or a judge of circuit judge level) where there is—
an appeal against a decision referred to in rules 5 and 6; and
the Designated Family Judge or a judge of High Court level considers that the appeal would raise an important point of principle or practice.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Rule 7(1)(b) omitted (24.5.2021) by virtue of The Family Court (Composition and Distribution of Business) (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/505), rules 1(2), 3
Marginal citations
- M1
2004 c.7. Section 8(1) was amended by section 250 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33) and by paragraph 8 of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c.30).
Modifications
- C1
Rules 5-7 applied (22.4.2014) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court Transitional and Saving Provision) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/956), arts. 1, 10(2)