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<p>Work continues to be undertaken on the redistribution of work to help support East
London Family Court. Capacity across the estate is being fully utilised and Financial
Remedy and Public Law cases continue to be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice and
the Nightingale Court at Petty France. Pilot Practice Directorate 36Q has also been
implemented at East London Family Court (New <strong>Pilot Practice Direction</strong>
36Q came into force from 23 April 2020. Pilot PD36Q modifies PD12B (Child Arrangements
Programme) to provide temporary local flexibility over procedures for progressing
applications for Child Arrangements Orders).</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the continuing
exceptionally high receipts of Private Law work at East London Family Court, along
with the continuing pressures on judicial recruitment and Cafcass resource, it has
been agreed with the Senior Judiciary that some of this work will initially be heard
at Central and West London Family Courts with a longer plan of transferring some of
the East London postcodes to these courts to balance the waiting times across the
region.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of the rebalancing exercise is unlikely to show for
several months due to the nature of how cases are listed. However, despite continuing
pressures, outstanding cases remain fairly static with 2299 at the end of October
and 2251 at the end of December.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://hmcts-opt/ords/f?p=100:500::::::"
target="_blank">OPT Report - FamilyMan Private Law Workload and Performance (BY CASE)</a></p>
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