{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-12.21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-12.21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/12.21",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "12.21",
  "heading": "Hearings",
  "text": "(1) The court may give directions about the order of speeches and the evidence at a hearing.\n(2) Subject to any directions given under paragraph (1), the parties and the children's guardian must adduce their evidence at a hearing in the following order—\n(a) the applicant;\n(b) any party with parental responsibility for the child;\n(c) other respondents;\n(d) the children's guardian;\n(e) the child, if the child is a party to proceedings and there is no children's guardian.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/12.21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:22:56.480940+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."
}