# The Family Procedure Rules 2010, Rule 12.21: Hearings


(1) The court may give directions about the order of speeches and the evidence at a hearing.
(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—
(a) the applicant;
(b) any party with parental responsibility for the child;
(c) other respondents;
(d) the children's guardian;
(e) the child, if the child is a party to proceedings and there is no children's guardian.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/12.21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-12.21
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