{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-18.9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-18.9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/18.9",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "18.9",
  "heading": "Applications which may be dealt with without a hearing",
  "text": "(1) The court may deal with an application without a hearing if—\n(a) the court does not consider that a hearing would be appropriate; or\n(b) the parties agree as to the terms of the order sought or the parties agree that the court should dispose of the application without a hearing and the court does not consider that a hearing would be appropriate.\n(2) Where—\n(a) an application is made for permission to make an application in proceedings under the 1989 Act; and\n(b) the court refuses the application without a hearing in accordance with paragraph (1)(a),\nthe court must, at the request of the applicant, re-list the application and fix a date for a hearing.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 18.9(3) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of The Family Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/3204), rules 1, 65 (with rule 137); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/18.9",
    "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."
}