Fair Shares and the Financial Reality of the ‘Everyday’ Divorce

The Fair Shares research study provides the first nationally representative picture of the financial arrangements made by divorcing couples in England and Wales.

• Journal

• divorce

• Emma Hitchings
• Caroline Bryson
• Professor Gillian Douglas

!13/03/2024 07:00

Financial Dispute Revolution? The Family Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2023

There was a time when an unwritten rule seemed to provide that a marriage could only be described as long once the parties had celebrated their china anniversary and entered a third decade together, but times change, and so eventually do some rules.

• Journal

• Family Procedure Rules

• Nicholas Allen KC
• Rhys Taylor | Vice Chair of the Editorial Board & Journal Editor
• Andrew Day

!26/01/2024 08:00

Groundhog Day Again: A Response to The Transparency Reporting Pilot for Financial Remedy Proceedings

Sir James Munby writes about The Transparency Reporting Pilot for Financial Remedy Proceedings.

• Journal

• Transparency
• Publicity and Confidentiality

• Sir James Munby

!26/01/2024 08:00

The Other Half

Solicitors acting for clients in divorce and financial proceedings have a symbiotic relationship with those clients. They provide the solicitors with fees, which are the lifeblood of any law firm, and in turn the solicitors provide the clients with advice and legal representation at one of the most fraught periods of their life.

• Journal

• divorce

• Andrew Hogan

!21/11/2023 07:00

Non-disclosure, Occupation Orders and Transfers of Tenancy

When a couple separates, either party may be able to apply for one or both of two powerful property-focused remedies. The first is an occupation order.

• Journal

• Non-Disclosure
• Transfer of Tenancy
• Occupation Orders

• Gwynfor Evans

!21/11/2023 07:00

Just Deserts? Unjust Enrichment for Family Lawyers

In the aftermath of many family relationship breakdowns, second only to complaints about bad behaviour, a pervasive sentiment arises: one party believes they have invested or contributed disproportionately to the family economy, family assets or businesses, leading to perceived unfairness.

• Journal

• Unjust Enrichment

• Charlotte John

!21/11/2023 07:00

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.

• Journal

• HHJ Edward Hess | Chair of the Editorial Board

!21/11/2023 07:00

Tech Corner: NeedsMet

Whether we like it or not, the age of ‘do-it-yourself’ divorce is here.

• Journal

• divorce

• Alex Woolley

!21/11/2023 07:00

The Thwaite Jurisdiction – A Stay of Execution?

The very existence of the Thwaite jurisdiction is controversial. Its origins are found in Thwaite v Thwaite [1981] 2 FLR 280.

• Journal

• 'Thwaite Jurisdiction'

• Nicholas Allen KC
• Philip Tait

!21/11/2023 07:00