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→Notice of the application
*the applicant makes an application without notice to you when the application is urgent (called an ''ex parte'' or ''without notice application''),
*the applicant is applying for permission to compress the usual timelines for the hearing of his or her application (called a ''short leave application''),
*the applicant is asking to be exempted from the requirement that a Judicial Case Conference judicial case conference be held before the first interim application, and
*you are the respondent and you haven't filed your defence to the applicant's Notice of Family Claim.