{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-25.16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-25.16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/25.16",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "25.16",
  "heading": "Discussions between experts",
  "text": "(1) The court may, at any stage, direct a discussion between experts for the purpose of requiring the experts to—\n(a) identify and discuss the expert issues in the proceedings; and\n(b) where possible, reach an agreed opinion on those issues.\n(2) The court may specify the issues which the experts must discuss.\n(3) The court may direct that following a discussion between the experts they must prepare a statement for the court setting out those issues on which—\n(a) they agree; and\n(b) they disagree, with a summary of their reasons for disagreeing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 25 substituted (31.1.2013) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) (No.5) Rules 2012 (S.I. 2012/3061), rule 1, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/25.16",
    "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."
}