Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Cases

While domestic abuse is one of the issues currently at the top of the family law agenda, it is not as prominent in financial remedy work as it is in children work and professional discussion is limited.

• Journal

• Judith Crisp
• Rosemary Hunter
• Emma Hitchings

!06/07/2022 07:09

Schedule 1 Remedies for the Older Child

HHJ Hess recently handed down a helpful decision as to jurisdiction under Schedule 1 for an adult child in J & K v L (Schedule 1: Older Children) [2021] EWFC B104. While this decision is non-binding, the judgment offers an exceptionally lucid and helpful analysis of existing case law.

• Journal

• Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications

• Gwynfor Evans

!06/07/2022 07:08

Schedule 1 Property Structures

The main focus in cases under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 is often on how to meet the housing needs of a child; understandably so, as it is usually the largest cost. It can also be the starting point for settlement as the type of property and loca…

• Journal

• Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications

• Jemma Pollock
• Rebecca Fisher
• Pieter Boodt

!06/07/2022 07:07

Both Sides Now: DN v UD

UD v DN (Schedule 1, Children Act 1989; Capital Provision) [2021] EWCA Civ 1947 is one of only a handful of cases under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 (Schedule 1) to have made it to the Court of Appeal since Re P (Child: Financial Provision) [2003] EWCA Civ 837.

• Journal

• Katherine Kelsey
• Laura Moys

!06/07/2022 07:06

Sharing and the Family Home

Historically, a wife’s property was absorbed into that of her husband on marriage, and she was not capable of ownership in her own name thereafter. This situation, after some modest changes in the 1870s, finally changed for good with the Married Wom…

• Journal

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property

• Thomas Haggie
• Fiona Stewart

!06/07/2022 07:05

Privacy and Transparency in the Financial Remedies Court

Anyone who has had the benefit and privilege of listening to Mostyn J speak in an extra-judicial capacity will have been afforded a peek into the extraordinary breadth of knowledge and learning of one of England’s most experienced family judges. The…

• Journal

• Transparency

• Christopher Wagstaffe KC

!06/07/2022 07:04

Some Sunlight Seeps In

In relation to transparency in the Financial Remedies Court (FRC) there are further signs that the tectonic plates are shifting.

• Journal

• Transparency

• Sir James Munby

!06/07/2022 07:03

The Financial Remedies Court: The Road Ahead

It is a great honour to be invited to contribute to issue 2 of the Financial Remedies Journal, which is an outstanding addition to the financial remedies landscape. As my illustrious predecessor, Mostyn J, remarked in the inaugural issue,Financial Remedie…

• Journal

• Hon. Mr Justice Peel

!06/07/2022 07:02

Chair's Column

In my introduction to the first issue, I reported that one of our missions is to promote serious and high-level debate and thought about the workings of the world of financial remedies. I could not have imagined a better example of this than the contents of this second issue.

• Journal

• HHJ Edward Hess | Chair of the Editorial Board

!06/07/2022 07:01