Things lawyers believe they know, but sometimes don’t – the ‘without prejudice rule’

Recent experience in practice shows that there remains at times some real misunderstanding within the profession as to when before the court it is permissible to refer to a ‘without prejudice’ offer made between parties and when it is not.

• Blog

• Without Prejudice

• Ashley Murray

!25/01/2023 14:24

Financial Remedy – Online Portal

As of 31 January 2023 – Mandation Day – all applications for a financial remedy must be submitted and managed using the online portal. There will be a transition period to 28 February 2023 when applications on paper will continue to be processed but after…

• Blog

!03/02/2023 14:56

Cryptocurrency and the Family Courts – Some International Experiences

Millions of people around the globe have funds in cryptocurrencies, with billions of dollars now invested. The nature of these funds is invariably secretive and non-national based. They present distinctive challenges for family courts around the world in ascertaining what are the overall assets in order to produce a fair outcome.

• Journal

• Crypto

• Prof David Hodson OBE KC(Hons) MCIArb

!26/01/2023 14:43

Timokhin v Timokhina [2023] EWHC 58 (Fam)

Roberts J. Was a decision to stay a Sch 1 application pending conclusion of proceedings in another jurisdiction a substantive or procedural one?The parties were Russian nationals and parents to two children, aged 11 and 18. The children had lived in Londo…

• Cases

• Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
• Appeals
• Striking Out Applications
• Jurisdiction

• Christie Elizabeth O’Connell

!17/01/2023 09:00

Myerson No. 1 and FPR 9.17(2): What Can the FDR Judge Actually Do?

There has long been disagreement over what an FDR judge can – and cannot – do where agreement has not been reached between the parties and, in particular, whether he or she can (and if so should) make directions for a final hearing.By virtue of FPR 9.17(2…

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• FDRs

• Nicholas Allen KC

!09/01/2023 23:53