Family Justice Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Jurisdiction
29B. Summary dismissal of certain matters
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A District Judge sitting in a Family Court may, on his or her own motion, summarily dismiss any appeal made against a decision of the Registrar relating to civil or quasi-criminal proceedings, if the District Judge is satisfied of any of the following:
District Judge
“District Judge” means a District Judge appointed under section 9(1) of the State Courts Act 1970;
every issue in the appeal has already been decided by a Family Court or a higher court in an earlier matter in which the appellant was involved, and the appeal therefore has no merit;
such conditions as may be prescribed by the Family Justice Rules are met.
Before summarily dismissing any appeal under subsection (1), a District Judge sitting in a Family Court must —
give the appellant a reasonable opportunity to show cause why the appeal should not be summarily dismissed; and
consider any representations of the appellant.
In this section, “appeal” includes part of an appeal.