The austerity plan from 1 April 2012 is to restrict the opening of public counters at all county courts and Family Proceedings Centres...
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The austerity plan from 1 April 2012 is to restrict the opening of public counters at all county courts and Family Proceedings Centres located within county courts to two hours a day between 11am and 1pm. Even then, attention will only be given to urgent applications and work which is deemed to require a face to face service. The plan is out for consultation in which the judiciary will be active, concluding on 12 March 2012, but the writer will eat the shredded pages of his occupational pension arrangement if it is not implemented albeit sometimes in varied form to cater for local needs and specialist jurisdictions. So, for example, a user wishing to issue a divorce petition will be asked to leave it in the relevant drop box and will receive paperwork in the post but administering affidavits or collecting orders following an urgent hearing will be dealt with over the counter when it is open although some
