The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026

Explanatory note

Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.

These Rules amend the Family Procedure Rules 2010 ( S.I. 2010/2955 ) (“the FPR”).

Rule 3 inserts a new rule 9.47 FPR to enable provision to be made in a practice direction relating to the court permitting communication of information from financial remedy proceedings.

Rules 4 and 5 insert a new rule 25.5A FPR and relevant definitions into rule 25.2 FPR to make provision so that in children proceedings, subject to limited exceptions, an expert providing evidence must be a regulated expert.

Rule 6 makes saving provision so that rules 4 and 5 do not apply to proceedings issued before those rules come into force.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.