PRACTICE DIRECTION 35A – MEDIATION DIRECTIVEThis 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.