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What period and facts govern first appointment listing in England and Wales?

The court fixes the first appointment twelve to sixteen weeks after filing. This is a court listing window, not an applicant filing deadline or a promise of a hearing exactly twelve weeks later.

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Period
The court fixes the first appointment twelve to sixteen weeks after filing
Trigger
The actual filing of the financial-remedy application
Rule
Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12
Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12

The retained Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12 supports fix the first appointment and give the required notice. Its complete-body snapshot and operative extract preserve the source edition, while this is a court listing window, not an applicant filing deadline or a promise of a hearing exactly twelve weeks later.

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Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12. The court fixes the first appointment twelve to sixteen weeks after filing. This is a court listing window, not an applicant filing deadline or a promise of a hearing exactly twelve weeks later. This source guide provides no computed date or paid record.

Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12

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What period and facts govern first appointment listing in England and Wales?

The court fixes the first appointment twelve to sixteen weeks after filing. This is a court listing window, not an applicant filing deadline or a promise of a hearing exactly twelve weeks later.

Responsible actor. The court fixing the first financial-remedy appointment.

The actual filing of the financial-remedy application

This is a court listing window, not an applicant filing deadline or a promise of a hearing exactly twelve weeks later.

The court fixing the first financial-remedy appointment. The court fixes the first appointment twelve to sixteen weeks after filing. This is a court listing window, not an applicant filing deadline or a promise of a hearing exactly twelve weeks later.

Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12

How does this provision count time?

  1. The court fixes the first appointment twelve to sixteen weeks after filing
  2. Fix the first appointment and give the required notice.
  3. This is a court listing window, not an applicant filing deadline or a promise of a hearing exactly twelve weeks later.

The court fixes the first appointment twelve to sixteen weeks after filing; apply FPR 2.9 clear-day counting to the actual filing or service act, preserve beginning-with wording where specified, and distinguish a closed court office from delivery to another party.

Rule 9.12 requires the court to list the first appointment within a window. A closed court office does not convert that listing window into an applicant filing extension.

Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12

Which facts prevent one automatic date?

Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12. The court fixes the first appointment twelve to sixteen weeks after filing. This is a court listing window, not an applicant filing deadline or a promise of a hearing exactly twelve weeks later. This source guide provides no computed date or paid record.

ResultRead the operative provision and establish the applicable branch.

The court fixing the first financial-remedy appointment has records of the actual filing of the financial-remedy application. The court fixes the first appointment twelve to sixteen weeks after filing. Fix the first appointment and give the required notice. This is a court listing window, not an applicant filing deadline or a promise of a hearing exactly twelve weeks later. Establish this procedure’s complete source facts before choosing an endpoint.

The proposed first appointment listing step meets a disputed communication, closed receiving office or uncertain hearing event. The court fixes the first appointment twelve to sixteen weeks after filing; apply FPR 2.9 clear-day counting to the actual filing or service act, preserve beginning-with wording where specified, and distinguish a closed court office from delivery to another party. Rule 9.12 requires the court to list the first appointment within a window. A closed court office does not convert that listing window into an applicant filing extension. Verify the legally completed first appointment listing act and actual applicable calendar. No assumed closure extension or substitute date is computed.

This is a court listing window, not an applicant filing deadline or a promise of a hearing exactly twelve weeks later. The actual filing of the financial-remedy application. The court fixes the first appointment twelve to sixteen weeks after filing. Fix the first appointment and give the required notice. Resolve this source-specific qualification before relying on a result.

Which conditions and exceptions apply?

Actor and completed first appointment listing act
The court fixing the first financial-remedy appointment. Fix the first appointment and give the required notice.
Actual first appointment listing event and branch
The actual filing of the financial-remedy application. This is a court listing window, not an applicant filing deadline or a promise of a hearing exactly twelve weeks later.
Counting and completion of first appointment listing
The court fixes the first appointment twelve to sixteen weeks after filing; apply FPR 2.9 clear-day counting to the actual filing or service act, preserve beginning-with wording where specified, and distinguish a closed court office from delivery to another party. Rule 9.12 requires the court to list the first appointment within a window. A closed court office does not convert that listing window into an applicant filing extension.
Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12
  • The court fixing the first financial-remedy appointment. The court fixes the first appointment twelve to sixteen weeks after filing. This is a court listing window, not an applicant filing deadline or a promise of a hearing exactly twelve weeks later.
  • First appointment listing concerns fix the first appointment and give the required notice. Its actual source event is the actual filing of the financial-remedy application.

What must the responsible actor complete?

Questions about this procedure

What period and facts govern first appointment listing in England and Wales?

What period governs first appointment listing?

The court fixes the first appointment twelve to sixteen weeks after filing. This is a court listing window, not an applicant filing deadline or a promise of a hearing exactly twelve weeks later.

Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12

Which event controls first appointment listing?

The actual filing of the financial-remedy application. Keep evidence of that actual source event.

Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12

What completes first appointment listing?

Fix the first appointment and give the required notice. The court fixing the first financial-remedy appointment must establish that completed step.

Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12

Does twelve weeks establish the actual appointment date?

No. Rule 9.12 identifies a twelve-to-sixteen-week listing window. The actual court notice establishes the appointment.

Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12

Does filing the application complete notice service?

The notice and application have separate service requirements. Court service and an applicant’s notified election to serve have different events.

Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12

Can the parties cancel the first appointment themselves?

Rule 9.12 requires court permission to cancel it. A replacement date must be fixed immediately if cancellation is permitted.

Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12

Official sources and review

Provisions used (2)
Provisions used in this guide
ProvisionPurpose
Family Procedure Rules Part 9 rule 9.12Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
Family Procedure Rules Part 2 rule 2.9Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
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