No Special Favours: Litigants in Person and the Financial Remedies Court

Although not impacted in the same way as private law children proceedings by the restrictions on access to justice brought about the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, which came into force on 1 April 2013, there are many parties who represent themselves in financial remedy proceedings, sometimes due to cost and sometimes by choice.

• Blog

• Litigants in Person

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

!23/10/2024 10:35

GH v GH – FDRs Are Not to Be Dispensed With

If ever there were any doubts as to the importance of the FDR appointment and the parties’ attendance at one, then Mr Justice Peel has unequivocally put those doubts to rest in his judgment in GH v GH [2024] EWFC 272.

• Blog

• FDRs

• Emma Kelly

!21/10/2024 22:38

A 40-Year Revolution in Financial Remedies

Mr Justice Moor considers the fundamental transformation of financial remedy work since he undertook his first ever case on 19 July 1983 in the Edmonton County Court, just over 41 years ago.

• Blog

• At A Glance

• Sir Philip Moor

!16/10/2024 11:11

NW v BH [2024] EWFC 118 (B)23 May 2024

Recorder Rhys Taylor. Evidentially complex final hearing in needs-based case involving verbal Daniels v Walker application, abandoning of SJE report, disclosure inadequacies, and an intervenor being removed.

• Cases

• Disclosure
• Daniels v Walker Application
• Joinder of Third Parties

• Polly Morgan | Case Editor

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