# The Family Procedure Rules 2010, Rule 11.7: Hearings and service of orders


(1) Any hearing relating to an application for a ... protection order must be in private unless the court otherwise directs.
(2) The court may direct the withholding of any submissions made, or any evidence adduced, for or at any hearing in proceedings to which this Part applies—
(a) in order to protect the person who is the subject of the proceedings or any other person; or
(b) for any other good reason.
(3) The applicant must, subject to rule 6.23A, within two days of an order being made (unless otherwise directed by the court), serve personally—
(a) a copy of the order;
(b) a copy of the record of the hearing; and
(c) where the order is made without notice, a copy of the application together with any statement supporting it,
on the respondent, the person who is the subject of the proceedings (if neither the applicant nor a respondent), and any other person named in the order.
(3A) Where the applicant is an individual, the documents listed in paragraph (3) must not be served personally by the applicant himself or herself.
(4) The court must serve the documents listed in paragraph (3) if—
(a) an applicant, acting in person, so requests; or
(b) the court made the order of its own initiative.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/11.7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-11.7
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