Financial Remedies Court Practice Guidance (Anonymisation cases post Xanthopoulos v Rakshina)
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Money Corner: Non-disclosure Agreements – Not Applicable in Financial Remedy Proceedings
[2026] 2 FRJ 164. It is entirely understandable that business owners are protective of commercially sensitive information. However, the clauses typically found in standard NDAs are generally incompatible with court proceedings, seeking to impose obligations to which no SJE could agree to be bound.
An End to Secrecy in Family Courts? Proposed Reforms of Contempt of Court Law That Could Lift the Threats to Sharing Information
It’s common knowledge that people involved in family court proceedings held in private are very restricted in what they can say about what’s happening. The confusing part is when someone might be in contempt of court just for talking or writing about their case, even when anonymised.
MRU v ECR (Financial Remedies) [2025] EWFC 218 (B)
Deputy District Judge Rose. Final hearing in financial remedy proceedings. The judge dealt with issues of conduct, cost orders and transparency.
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Money Corner: Non-disclosure Agreements – Not Applicable in Financial Remedy Proceedings
[2026] 2 FRJ 164. It is entirely understandable that business owners are protective of commercially sensitive information. However, the clauses typically found in standard NDAs are generally incompatible with court proceedings, seeking to impose obligations to which no SJE could agree to be bound.
An End to Secrecy in Family Courts? Proposed Reforms of Contempt of Court Law That Could Lift the Threats to Sharing Information
It’s common knowledge that people involved in family court proceedings held in private are very restricted in what they can say about what’s happening. The confusing part is when someone might be in contempt of court just for talking or writing about their case, even when anonymised.
MRU v ECR (Financial Remedies) [2025] EWFC 218 (B)
Deputy District Judge Rose. Final hearing in financial remedy proceedings. The judge dealt with issues of conduct, cost orders and transparency.
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Tech Corner: Only 11%. What Technology Can Do About the Pensions Gap on Divorce
[2026] 3 FRJ 266. Only 11% of divorcees with a pension not yet in payment made any arrangement to share it, according to the Fair Shares study, which also found that over a third of divorcees did not know the value of their own pension. Ignoring the pensions is not an option.
Costs in Financial Remedy Proceedings: Time for Greater Discipline?
[2026] 3 FRJ 206. If costs discipline is to be meaningful, parties must understand from the outset that disproportionate litigation expenditure will ultimately remain their own responsibility even in a needs case. Money spent on costs is money removed from the resources available to the family.
IFoA Working Party for Pensions on Divorce: Full Resources Now Published
Building on the work of the Pensions Advisory Group and the IFoA thematic review of work by actuary PODEs, an IFoA working party has published essential new materials to further develop good practice in this area. Family lawyers should look for, and request, PODE adoption of these materials.