The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1988
These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court so as to—provide a single rule for appeals from a judge in chambers, to apply in all three Divisions (rules 4 and 5);extend to appeals from county courts the provisions relating to the dismissal by consent of an appeal on behalf of a patient (rules 6 and 7);enable applications for leave to begin proceedings for the freeing for adoption of a minor who is a ward to be heard ex parte by a registrar, and to make such applications unnecessary where a local authority has been given leave to place a ward with long-term foster parents (rule 8);provide for applications under Part I of the Family Law Act 1986 (recognition and enforcement of custody orders in other parts of the United Kingdom) (rule 9);provide for applications under the Banking Act 1987 (rules 10 to 13);provide for applications under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (tenants' rights of first refusal, appointment of managers, compulsory acquisition by tenants of landlord’s interest, variation of leases) (rules 14 to 19);provide for applications under sections 24A and 26 of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (reciprocal enforcement of orders) (rules 23 and 24);amend the form of order for reference to the European Court by specifying more precisely the information required (rule 25);make minor corrections and clarifications and correct obsolete references (rules 2 and 3 and 20 to 22).