# The Family Procedure Rules 2010, Rule 29.17: Transfer of proceedings


(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a court may transfer a case to another court, either of its own initiative or on the application of one of the parties if—
(a) the parties consent to the transfer;
(b) the court has held a hearing to determine whether a transfer should be ordered; or
(c) paragraph (2) applies.
(2) A court may transfer a case without a hearing if—
(a) the court has notified the parties in writing that it intends to order a transfer; and
(b) no party has, within 14 days of the notification being sent, requested a hearing to determine whether a transfer should be ordered.
(3) A case may not be transferred from the family court to the High Court unless—
(a) the decision to transfer was made by a judge sitting in the family court who is a person to whom paragraph (4) applies; or
(b) one or more of the circumstances specified in Practice Direction 29C applies.
(4) This paragraph applies to a person who is—
(a) the President of the Family Division;
(b) an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal (including the vice-president, if any, of either division of that court);
(c) a puisne judge of the High Court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/29.17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-29.17
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