Can the court order a contact order if ...

[halfa]

we are only booked in for a directions hearing, and we cannot agree a consent order?

We have court on Monday. CAFCASS report has come back with wrong information and ultimately making recommendations neither me nor ex agree with (1st time we agree :o)

If at the directions hearing on Monday neither of us can agree a way forward to go in a consent order, and it and it ends up going to a contact hearing / constested hearing (whatever it is), will we be sticking to the old contact order or can the judge make an order .. either that of the CAFCASS report or anything they felt like?

Ta

If you can't agree, court will usually stick with the status quo until there can be a final hearing and evidence heard.

So if for eg there hasn't been staying contact thus far, it is very unlikely a court will order that to happen at a short directions hearing if one party opposes it. So my best bet is you will simply be stuck with the previous order until you get a final hearing, which will probably not be until next year, depending on how busy your court is.