PART 3MANAGING THE CASE
Allocation of proceedings
Allocation of cases to case pathways3
1
This rule provides for the allocation of cases to case pathways.
2
There are three case pathways—
a
the Personal Welfare Pathway;
b
the Property and Affairs Pathway;
c
the Mixed Welfare and Property Pathway.
3
Each case shall on issue be allocated to one of the three case pathways unless (subject to paragraph (5)) it is in an excepted class of case.
4
Excepted classes of case may be specified in a practice direction.
5
The court may direct that a case shall be allocated to a case pathway notwithstanding that it is in an excepted class of cases.
6
A practice direction may make provision for—
a
the scope of each case pathway; and
b
how cases in each case pathway are to be managed.
(Practice Direction 3B makes provision in relation to the case pathways and excepted classes of case.)