Re-multiplied Propagation

In this article Sir Nicholas Mostyn refers to those financial remedy cases heard in private to which s 12 Administration of Justice Act 1960 does not apply as mainstream financial remedy cases. As is well-known, s 12 imposes an automatic restriction on publishing the details of any financial remedy case which is mainly about child maintenance. The great majority of financial remedy cases are not protected by s 12.

• Journal

• Transparency
• Privacy
• Reporting

• Sir Nicholas Mostyn

!28/05/2025 10:00

Tech Corner: Miris Reporting – Innovative Technology to Help Solicitors Prepare, Verify and Negotiate Client Housing Needs

This article reviews how solicitors currently fulfil the filing requirements of the 2022 Statement on the Efficient Conduct of Financial Remedy Hearings in the Financial Remedies Court below High Court Judge Level (the Efficiency Statement).

• Journal

• Tech Corner
• Housing Need
• Efficient Conduct
• Borrowing Capacity Material

• Jason Reeve

!21/05/2025 10:00

Prenups Aren’t ‘Sign and Done’: Why Reviews Matter Just as Much as the Ring

Elizabeth Bowden is a big fan of prenuptial/pre-civil partnership agreements (‘prenups’) because, at the very least, both parties are forced to have really open and transparent conversations about money, finances, goals and aspirations. Anyone looking to make marriage/civil partnership vows should do this before they sign on the dotted line.

• Blog

• Pre-Nuptial Agreements

• Elizabeth Bowden

!28/05/2025 14:00

ST v AR [2025] EWFC 49 January 2025

HHJ Vincent (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge). Final hearing in a high-value case. Court making findings on whether H’s large inheritance had been matrimonialised, W’s entitlement to a second home, and who should be awarded the family home.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Needs

• Finn Judge

How Cohabitation Reform Could Reduce Pressure on Public Finances

Following the UK general election in 2024, the Government has gone on record various times since to confirm that a public consultation will be issued later this year to strengthen the rights and protections available to women in cohabiting couples. In this article, Graeme Fraser sets out why legislating for and implementing reform should be a no brainer in terms of the money it could save for the UK economy.

• Blog

• Cohabitation

• Graeme Fraser

!30/05/2025 08:00