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(2) Nothing in these rules is to be construed as— PART 2 APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE RULES Application of these RulesĢ.1.—(1) Unless the context otherwise requires, these rules apply to family proceedings in— (l) giving directions to ensure that the case proceeds quickly and efficiently. (j) dealing with the case without the parties needing to attend at court (i) dealing with as many aspects of the case as it can on the same occasion (h) considering whether the likely benefits of taking a particular step justify the cost of taking it (g) fixing timetables or otherwise controlling the progress of the case (f) helping the parties to settle the whole or part of the case (e) encouraging the parties to use an alternative dispute resolution procedure if the court considers that appropriate and facilitating the use of such procedure (d) deciding the order in which issues are to be resolved (ii) the procedure to be followed in the case (i) which issues need full investigation and hearing and which do not and (ii) who should be a party to the proceedings

(a) encouraging the parties to co-operate with each other in the conduct of the proceedings Court’s duty to manage casesġ.4.—(1) The court must further the overriding objective by actively managing cases. Duty of the partiesġ.3.  The parties are required to help the court to further the overriding objective. (a) exercises any power given to it by these rules or

Application by the court of the overriding objectiveġ.2.  The court must seek to give effect to the overriding objective when it— (e) allotting to it an appropriate share of the court’s resources, while taking into account the need to allot resources to other cases. (c) ensuring that the parties are on an equal footing (b) dealing with the case in ways which are proportionate to the nature, importance and complexity of the issues (a) ensuring that it is dealt with expeditiously and fairly (2) Dealing with a case justly includes, so far as is practicable— PART 1 OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE The overriding objectiveġ.1.—(1) These rules are a new procedural code with the overriding objective of enabling the court to deal with cases justly, having regard to any welfare issues involved.