DB v DLJ [2016] EWHC 324 (Fam)

DJ Parker’s decision emphasises the importance of the court transcript where there is a dispute as to what was said by the judge. Ultimately H’s application to set aside a final order by consent failed because H was wrong; the FDR judge had not given him a 28-day cooling off period.

Peel J. Appeal by W for further details of an arbitration award to be disclosed to the associated KBD proceedings and to ‘any persons’. Peel J permitted minimal further disclosure in order to provide the King’s Bench court with full context but emphasised the confidential nature of arbitration.

[2026] 1 FRJ 70. A member of the author's chambers once described the private FDR as a court FDR, with biscuits. But arbitration and litigation are also different in other important ways, and arbitration is not just another form of consensual non-court dispute resolution (NCDR).