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Family Justice Act 2014 s 29

s 29 General power to transfer proceedings from Family Court to General Division of High Court, and vice versa

29.—(1) The General Division of the High Court or a Family Court may, either on its own motion or on the application of any party, order any proceedings in a Family Court to be transferred to the General Division of the High Court, if it appears to the General Division of the High Court or Family Court (as the case may be) that those proceedings, by reason of involving some important question of law or of being a test case, or for any other sufficient reason, should be tried in the General Division of the High Court.[40/2019] (2) The General Division of the High Court may, if it thinks fit, and either on its own motion or on the application of any party, order any proceedings in the General Division of the High Court to be transferred to a Family Court.[40/2019] (3) An order made by the General Division of the High Court under subsection (1) or (2), or by a Family Court under subsection (1), may be made on such terms as the General Division of the High Court or Family Court (as the case may be) sees fit.[40/2019]

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