# The Family Court (Composition and Distribution of Business) Rules 2014, Article 7: Composition: appeals heard by a judge of High Court level

Extent: E+W

(1) The family court shall be composed of a judge of High Court level when hearing an appeal from the decision of—
(a) the Senior District Judge of the Family Division in financial remedy proceedings;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) a costs judge; or
(d) the Gender Recognition Panel where an appeal is brought under section 8(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (Appeals etc.).
(2) 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—
(a) an appeal against a decision referred to in rules 5 and 6; and
(b) the Designated Family Judge or a judge of High Court level considers that the appeal would raise an important point of principle or practice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/840/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-court-composition-and-distribution-of-business-rules-2014/article-7
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