AB v FC [2016] EWHC 3285 (Fam)
Judgment date: 19 December 2016
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The Case for Calderbank: A Procedural Reform Too Far?
[2026] 3 FRJ 208. There were legitimate objections to a costs system in which parties could face substantial consequences for failing to predict with sufficient accuracy the outcome of a highly discretionary financial remedy exercise. But it does not follow that Calderbank itself was the problem.
Small Money Cases: Managing Financial Remedies Cases Where There Is Not Enough to Go Round
From possible insolvency to arguments about add-back, small money cases raise many of the same issues as big money cases yet are often the hardest fought and difficult to settle at the Financial Dispute Resolution (FDR) appointment. The difference is simply that there is not enough to go round.
Selling the Goose: Orders for Sale of the Family Company
[2026] 3 FRJ 194. This article considers recent authorities which suggest that forcing a sale of the family company may increasingly be contemplated by the court.