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 J...

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Chair’s Column (Winter 2023)

Chair’s Column (Winter 2023)

Once again, I am very pleased to commend to you another issue of the Financial Remedies Journal packed with compelling and engaging material. Peel J looks back on his first year in charge of the Financial Remedies Court (FRC), finding it for the most part in good health, and looks

Chair’s Column (Summer 2023)

Chair’s Column (Summer 2023)

A fond farewell to Mostyn J In this issue of the Financial Remedies Journal (FRJ) we have decided to shine an approving and appreciative light on Mr Justice Mostyn, a great family lawyer and the greatest financial remedies lawyer of our age, who has powerfully dominated this territory for a

Reflections on the Recent Announcement by the Law Commission of a Review of Financial Remedies Law

Reflections on the Recent Announcement by the Law Commission of a Review of Financial Remedies Law

The Law Commission announcement (1) On 4 April 2023 the Law Commission announced a ‘review of the laws which determine how finances are divided among couples after divorce’,[[1]] targeted at producing a ‘scoping report’ in September 2024. (2) The announcement carried the following explanation of the task and the

Chair’s Column (Spring 2023)

After a successful opening year in 2022, the Financial Remedies Journal (FRJ) now enters its second year and continues to provide a wealth of information and debate on the big subjects topical in the financial remedies world and I commend this edition of the journal to you, as well as

Interview with Sir Mathew Thorpe

Interview with Sir Mathew Thorpe

Sir Mathew Thorpe, Barrister from 1961, in silk from 1980, Family Division Judge (1988–95), Lord Justice of Appeal (1995–2013) and Deputy Head of Family Justice and Head of International Family Justice (2005–13). Sir Mathew was interviewed at his Wiltshire home in Autumn 2022. How have you occupied

Chair's Column (Winter 2022)

Chair's Column (Winter 2022)

I am delighted to commend to you the third issue of the Financial Remedies Journal (FRJ) which, without doubt, sustains the standards set in the earlier issues for providing information and debate on the big subjects topical in the financial remedies world. Amongst other riches, readers will enjoy a thoughtful

PAG2: The Continuing Work of the Pension Advisory Group

PAG2: The Continuing Work of the Pension Advisory Group

In July 2019, the Pension Advisory Group (PAG) was pleased to publish its report A Guide to the Treatment of Pensions on Divorce, partially funded by the Nuffield Foundation.[[1]] This publication was expressly endorsed in the Foreword by the President of the Family Division and had the professional sponsorship