Fairness versus Certainty – Should the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 be Amended to Restrict the Duration of Spousal Maintenance?

As part of the Law Commission’s review of the law concerning financial division upon divorce, announced on 4 April 2023, it will consider ‘how maintenance payments for an ex-spouse or civil partner should work’. The terms of reference se…

• Journal

• Spousal Maintenance (Quantum)

• Katherine Dunseath
• Elizabeth Darlington

!03/07/2023 08:00

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

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

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• Blog
• Standard Family Orders

• HHJ Edward Hess | Chair of the Editorial Board

!03/07/2023 08:00

Interview with Mr Justice Mostyn – Rules and Woolly Discretion

Alexander Chandler KC interviews Mr Justice Mostyn.

• Journal

!03/07/2023 08:00

Mr Justice Mostyn – An Appreciation on His Forthcoming Retirement

Cruel fate has cut short the judicial career of one of the greatest family lawyers of our times. He explains why in his article, ‘Sir Nicholas Mostyn shares his experience of living with Parkinson’s’ [2023] IFL 67. In the form of a revel…

• Journal

• Sir James Munby

!03/07/2023 08:00

Chair’s Column (Summer 2023)

A fond farewell to Mostyn J. In this issue of the Financial Remedies Journal 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.

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• HHJ Edward Hess | Chair of the Editorial Board

!03/07/2023 08:00

Living under an LSPO

Life in receipt of an LSPO is no bed of roses. This article reflects on this aspect in the context of the developing jurisprudence on such orders and to anticipate developments that might be required to make them manageable.

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• Legal Services Payment Orders

• Henry Hood
• Amy Scollan

!05/06/2023 09:00

The Revised Standard Family Court Orders – In with the New

The standard orders project has a long history. The then President (Sir James Munby) first appointed a drafting group in 2013 under the leadership of Mostyn J to produce a comprehensive set of orders that it was intended would become mandatory in the Family Court and the Family Division…

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• Blog
• Standard Family Orders

• Nicholas Allen KC

!18/05/2023 04:37

Are You There ChatGPT? It’s Me, Charlotte – ChatGPT, Generative AI and the Law

Readers will probably have heard by now of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Many of you will have experimented with it, or one of the other available generative artificial intelligence (AI) models such as Microsoft’s Bing. If you have not yet utilised any of these new technologies, you will very likely have read about them. This article is based on my experience with this novel technology, chiefly ChatGPT.

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• AI

• Charlotte John

!16/05/2023 12:57

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 interview…

• Journal

• Interview

• Sir Mathew Thorpe
• HHJ Edward Hess | Chair of the Editorial Board
• Nicholas Allen KC

!27/03/2023 11:03