{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-no5-rules-2012/rule-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-no5-rules-2012/rule-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/3061",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Amendment) (No.5) Rules 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-amendment-no5-rules-2012",
  "path": "rule/3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "text": "In rule 1.4 for paragraph (2) substitute—\n“(2) Active case management includes—\n(a) setting timetables or otherwise controlling the progress of the case;\n(b) identifying at an early stage—\n(i) the issues; and\n(ii) who should be a party to the proceedings;\n(c) deciding promptly—\n(i) which issues need full investigation and hearing and which do not; and\n(ii) the procedure to be followed in the case;\n(d) deciding the order in which issues are to be resolved;\n(e) controlling the use of expert evidence;\n(f) encouraging the parties to use an alternative dispute resolution procedure if the court considers that appropriate and facilitating the use of such procedure;\n(g) helping the parties to settle the whole or part of the case;\n(h) encouraging the parties to co-operate with each other in the conduct of proceedings;\n(i) considering whether the likely benefits of taking a particular step justify the cost of taking it;\n(j) dealing with as many aspects of the case as it can on the same occasion;\n(k) dealing with the case without the parties needing to attend at court;\n(l) making use of technology; and\n(m) giving directions to ensure that the case proceeds quickly and efficiently.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/3061/rule/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:11:01.817533+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}