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Introduction
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). It documents the specific challenges of producing indicative borrowing capacity material, going on to
Simon v Simon [2025] EWFC 89
Judgment date: 07 April 2025
Peel J. Cost judgment from Peel J in ‘highly unusual’ financial remedy proceedings, in which a litigation loan provider successfully applied to be joined and to set aside a consent order which prevented them recovering a loan to W.
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AB v CD [2025] EWFC 253 (B)
DJ Dodsworth’s short judgment gives a blueprint of how not to prepare a case for trial, and how not to make a relief from sanctions application.
Tech Corner: Miris Reporting – Innovative Technology to Help Solicitors Prepare, Verify and Negotiate Client Housing Needs
Introduction
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). It documents the specific challenges of producing indicative borrowing capacity material, going on to
Simon v Simon [2025] EWFC 89
Judgment date: 07 April 2025
Peel J. Cost judgment from Peel J in ‘highly unusual’ financial remedy proceedings, in which a litigation loan provider successfully applied to be joined and to set aside a consent order which prevented them recovering a loan to W.
Issues
The issue for the court
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