Rule 27 Amendments to the 1991 Rules

in paragraph (2), for “divorce county court” substitute “designated county court”;

in paragraph (3), after “Any” insert “matrimonial”;

after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A)

Any civil partnership cause begun by petition which is pending in the High Court may be tried at the Royal Courts of Justice or at any dissolution town.”;

in paragraph (4), for “A” substitute “In a matrimonial cause, a”;

after paragraph (4), insert—

“(4A)

In a civil partnership cause, a judge or the district judge of the registry for the dissolution town at which any cause has been set down for trial may, where it appears to him that the cause cannot conveniently be tried at that town, order that it be tried at some other dissolution town and rule 10.10(4) and (5) shall apply to such an order as it applies to an order under paragraph (1) of that rule.”;

in paragraph (5), for “divorce county court” substitute “designated county court”; and

in paragraph (6)—