The courts can order that an application, or part of an application, be dealt with in a telephone hearing. This note outlines the rules relating to telephone hearings, and highlights some practice points.

This note should be read in conjunction with Practice note, Remote hearings, which provides guidance on remote hearings generally (whether telephone or video) as well as "hybrid" hearings (hearings in which some participants, together with the judge, are physically present in a courtroom, while other participants attend the hearing by telephone or video link).