1. Practice Direction 35A –
Mediation Directive
This Practice Direction supplements FPR rule 35.2(Relevant disputes: applications for consent
orders in respect of financial remedies)
1.1 An application for an order to which rule 35.2 applies must be completed in English or
accompanied by a translation into English.
1.2 Where the application is supported by evidence of explicit consent to the application by a
party, the evidence must also be in English or accompanied by a translation into English.
1.3 Where a party chooses to write to the court consenting to the making of the order the
correspondence must be in English or accompanied by a translation into English.
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