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<p /> <p>The allocation of judges in Family Court cases involving domestic violence
is governed by Part 5 of the Family Court (Composition and Distribution of Business)
Rules 2014, which came into force on 22nd April 2014.</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/840/part/5/made"
target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/840/part/5/made</a></p><p>The
allocation process for applications and proceedings in domestic violence cases (set
out in Part 5 of the Rules) is governed by whether the application is being brought
under Part 4 of the Family Law Act 1996.</p><p>Domestic violence cases brought to
the Family Court under Part 4 of the Family Law Act 1996 can therefore be heard by
any judge sitting in the Family Court. We do not collect data on how many of the Family
Court judges are involved in domestic violence cases.</p><p>Practice Direction 12J
(Child Arrangements and Contact Orders: Domestic Violence and Harm) sets out what
the Family Court should do in any case in which it is “alleged or admitted, or there
is other reason to believe, that the child or a party has experienced domestic violence
or abuse perpetrated by another party or that there is a risk of such violence or
abuse”;</p><p><a href="https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/family/practice_directions/pd_part_12j"
target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/family/practice_directions/pd_part_12j</a></p>
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