Rule 5 Amendments to the Family Procedure Rules 2010

in paragraph (5), for “Where” substitute “Subject to paragraph (5A), where”; and

after paragraph (5), insert—

“(5A)

Where a judge of the High Court or a Designated Family Judge refuses permission to appeal without a hearing and considers that the application is totally without merit, the judge may make an order that the person seeking permission may not request the decision to be reconsidered at a hearing.

(5B)

Rule 4.3(5) will not apply to an order that the person seeking permission may not request the decision to be reconsidered at a hearing made under paragraph (5A).”.