31.   Application to vary the order itself is made to the circuit judge or to the district judge according to who made the possession order.

32.   Certain district judges who have been specially nominated and trained have power to act in public law cases.

33.   Note that appeal lies from the decision of a district judge to the designated family judge or a nominated care judge within the same court.

34.   District judges within the Principal Registry have wider jurisdiction and can exercise the powers of a nominated care judge.

35.   An appeal from a district judge in the Principal Registry will therefore lie to a judge of the Family Division of the High Court.

36.   Appeal lies to a circuit judge where the decision was made by a district judge and otherwise to a judge of the Family Division.

37.   In London, where orders for transfer are made by district judges of the Principal Registry, appeal lies to a judge of the Family Division.

38.   The directions appointment is a form of preliminary hearing before a single justice or clerk in the family proceedings court and a district judge in the county court.

39.   A district judge may grant leave and may also dismiss an appeal with the consent of all parties.

40.   An appeal from a decision of a district judge in the county lies to a judge in the same court.