Not exact matches
An appeal — including an application for
permission to appeal — that lies to FC circuit or district
judge can be leapfrogged to a High
Court judge at the direction
of the DFJ or HCJ where an important point
of principle or practice is involved (
Family Court (Composition and Distribution
of Business) Rules 2014 (SI 2014/840).
Permission will now be required to appeal a
family decision
of a district
judge (magistrates»
courts) or lay beaks (FPAR 2).
After that the
court still has the power (and duty: FPR 2010 r 1.4 (2)(e)-RRB- to control the calling
of evidence by deciding whether or not to give
permission; and in so doing the case management
judge must decide whether the evidence is «reasonably required» to resolve issues before the
court (civil proceedings generally: CPR 1998 r 35.1), or in the case
of family proceedings whether it is «necessary to resolve the proceedings» (Children and
Families Act 2014, s 13 (6)(children proceedings); FPR 2010 r 25.4 (3)(other
family proceedings)-RRB-.
If you can not or do not want to tell any one
of your adult
family members, you will need to go to
court and get
permission from a
judge.