{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-40.15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-40.15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/40.15",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "40.15",
  "heading": "Request for a stop notice",
  "text": "(1) The High Court may, on the request of any person claiming to be beneficially entitled to an interest in securities, issue a stop notice.\n(A stop notice may also be included in a final charging order, by either the High Court or the family court under rule 40.8(3).)\n(2) A request for a stop notice must be made by filing—\n(a) a draft stop notice; and\n(b) written evidence which—\n(i) identifies the securities in question;\n(ii) describes the applicant’s interest in the securities; and\n(iii) gives an address for service for the applicant.\n(A sample form of stop notice is annexed to Practice Direction 40A.)\n(3) If a court officer considers that the request complies with paragraph (2), the court officer must issue a stop notice.\n(4) The applicant must serve copies of the stop notice and the applicant’s written evidence on the person to whom the stop notice is addressed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 40 inserted (6.4.2016) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/355), rules 1(2), 8(b), Sch. 2 (with rule 9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/40.15",
    "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."
}