Areas we cover
Help for respondents across England and Wales
If you have been served with a non-molestation or occupation order application anywhere in England or Wales, Justice Centre can help you understand it and prepare. Find your area below.
FL401 applications are made in the Family Court of England and Wales. Whatever town you are in, the process is broadly the same, and the same plain-English support applies. Choose your county or area to see the towns we support there.
England
- Northumberland (16 towns)
- Tyne and Wear (20 towns)
- County Durham (17 towns)
- Tees Valley (15 towns)
- Cumbria (19 towns)
- North Yorkshire (22 towns)
- East Riding of Yorkshire (16 towns)
- South Yorkshire (19 towns)
- West Yorkshire (30 towns)
- Lancashire (32 towns)
- Greater Manchester (45 towns)
- Merseyside (33 towns)
- Cheshire (27 towns)
- Derbyshire (27 towns)
- Nottinghamshire (25 towns)
- Leicestershire (24 towns)
- Lincolnshire (27 towns)
- Rutland (6 towns)
- Northamptonshire (19 towns)
- Warwickshire (17 towns)
- West Midlands (51 towns)
- Staffordshire (25 towns)
- Shropshire (19 towns)
- Herefordshire (9 towns)
- Worcestershire (16 towns)
- Gloucestershire (21 towns)
- Oxfordshire (22 towns)
- Buckinghamshire (22 towns)
- Bedfordshire (16 towns)
- Cambridgeshire (19 towns)
- Norfolk (25 towns)
- Suffolk (26 towns)
- Essex (47 towns)
- Hertfordshire (29 towns)
- Greater London (125 towns)
- Kent (45 towns)
- East Sussex (22 towns)
- West Sussex (26 towns)
- Surrey (36 towns)
- Hampshire (37 towns)
- Isle of Wight (11 towns)
- Berkshire (23 towns)
- Wiltshire (22 towns)
- Dorset (26 towns)
- Somerset (32 towns)
- Bristol and South Gloucestershire (25 towns)
- Devon (40 towns)
- Cornwall (33 towns)
Wales
- Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan (23 towns)
- Swansea (16 towns)
- Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend (20 towns)
- Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil (21 towns)
- Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen (20 towns)
- Newport and Monmouthshire (18 towns)
- Carmarthenshire (17 towns)
- Pembrokeshire (14 towns)
- Ceredigion (11 towns)
- Powys (18 towns)
- Gwynedd and Anglesey (23 towns)
- Conwy and Denbighshire (20 towns)
- Flintshire and Wrexham (24 towns)
Scotland and Northern Ireland. Form FL401 and the Family Law Act 1996 apply in England and Wales. Different laws and courts apply in Scotland and Northern Ireland, so we cannot help with those proceedings.
This is general information, not legal advice. Justice Centre does not provide legal advice and is not a law firm. If you want advice about your own case, consult a solicitor of your choice.
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