Rhys Taylor (The 36 Group)

Rhys Taylor (The 36 Group)

Rhys Taylor is a barrister at The 36 Group. He is a member of the Family Procedure Rule Committee, the sub-committee of the Online Procedure Rule Committee and the Pension Advisory Group.

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PD 27A Redux: March 2026 Family Court Bundle Changes Primer

PD 27A Redux: March 2026 Family Court Bundle Changes Primer

The President has promulgated a revised PD 27A which will come into force on 2 March 2026, designed to modernise the law and embed best practice into one chaptered Practice Direction. This article sets out the key changes practitioners and litigants should be aware of in family proceedings.

The Financial Remedies Court: A New Horizon?

The Financial Remedies Court: A New Horizon?

It is approaching 10 years since HHJ Edward Hess and Joanna Miles published their seminal article which fired the starting gun for the creation of the Financial Remedies Court. The purpose of this article is to reflect upon the possible ways in which the FRC might evolve and develop in the future.

DR Corner: The Role of the Lawyer in Mediation

This article focuses on mediation, and specifically civil/commercial and hybrid mediation, deployed in the family law context. What is mediation? What are the essentials of the different types of mediation? How do they compare? And what are the key points that family lawyers need to understand?

Interview with Steve McCrone, the Senior Clerk at 1 Hare Court

Interview with Steve McCrone, the Senior Clerk at 1 Hare Court

The Editorial Board of FRJ wanted to hear from a family law clerk. By universal acclaim, Steve McCrone was agreed as ‘the senior man’ having been clerking for nearly 35 years and so the invitation fell to him (other senior clerks are available). Steve, can I ask you how old

No Special Favours: Litigants in Person and the Financial Remedies Court

No Special Favours: Litigants in Person and the Financial Remedies Court

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/2614 Although not impacted in the same way as private law children proceedings by the restrictions on access to justice brought about the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, which came into force on 1 April 2013, there are

The Art of the Award: Delivering an Arbitral Award in a Financial Remedies Case

The Art of the Award: Delivering an Arbitral Award in a Financial Remedies Case

Like advocacy, award writing is a solitary and idiosyncratic art. No doubt others use different brush strokes. These are my tips for award writing. A stitch in time saves nine. The tribunal does not want to be left at the end of a hearing without a clear roadmap of what

NCDR Redux: The Impact of October’s CPR Amendments

NCDR Redux: The Impact of October’s CPR Amendments

One of the changes to the FPR 2010 made when the material parts of the Family Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2023 came into force on 29 April 2024 was an amendment to r 28.3(7) which by the insertion of a new (aa)(ii) makes ‘any failure by