HHJ Edward Hess | Chair of the Editorial Board

HHJ Edward Hess | Chair of the Editorial Board

His Honour Judge Edward Hess is a Circuit Judge, Lead Judge of the London Financial Remedies Court, Deputy High Court Judge and Deputy National Lead Judge.

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Some Thoughts on Possible Structural and Resource Issues for the Financial Remedies Court Arising Out of the Government’s Approach to Reform of Financial Remedies Law in Their Paper ‘A Fairer End to Relationships’

Some Thoughts on Possible Structural and Resource Issues for the Financial Remedies Court Arising Out of the Government’s Approach to Reform of Financial Remedies Law in Their Paper ‘A Fairer End to Relationships’

Some thoughts on possible structural and resource issues for the Financial Remedies Court arising out of the Government’s approach to reform of Financial Remedies Law in their paper A Fairer End to Relationships.

Chair’s Column (Summer 2026)

[2026] 2 FRJ 87. The Chair of the Editorial board highlights three of the articles in this issue, noting that different members of the FRJ Editorial Board have different views on topical legal issues relevant to financial remedies practitioners.

Chair’s Column (Spring 2026)

[2026] 1 FRJ 1. HHJ Edward Hess says farewell to Sir James Munby: 'the most inspirational figure I have come across in my legal and judicial career'.

Chair’s Column (Winter 2025)

HHJ Edward Hess, Chair of the Editorial Board, considers sitting day cuts in the London FRC, the observations of a litigant-in-person, the fact that family law does not live on a desert island on its own, and the Financial Remedies Conference 2025.

Chair’s Column

Transparency The transparency debate – in the context of practices on anonymisation and rubrics – receives another punchy analysis from Sir Nicholas Mostyn in this issue of the journal in his article ‘Re-multiplied Propagation’. The difficulty here is that most of the judgments identified in his article (at High Court Judge level

Chair's Column (Spring 2025)

Chair's Column (Spring 2025)

The Law Commission Scoping Report This is the first issue of the FRJ since the Law Commission’s ‘scoping report’ was published in December 2024. The essence of a scoping report is that it steps back and paints an overview. It presents options (to the government or to Parliament); but

Reflections on the Law Commission Paper Financial remedies on divorce and dissolution: a scoping report published on 18 December 2024

Reflections on the Law Commission Paper Financial remedies on divorce and dissolution: a scoping report published on 18 December 2024

Whilst the figures do vary from year to year, a broad perusal of the official statistics suggests that each year in England and Wales approximately 250,000 couples get married and approximately 100,000 applications for a divorce (formerly divorce petitions) are made. Almost all divorce applications conclude with a