FRC Corner National Guidance Bundles Open in Guidance on E-Bundles for use in the Family Court and Family Division https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/family/practice_directions/pd_part_27a? Related FPR PD 27A and Procedural Ambush – A Litigant in Person’s Perspective This article, the anonymous writer explains, is not about abuse during the marriage, but rather the abuse hidden in court procedure, in particular how the habitual disregard of FPR PD 27A1 paves the way to procedural ambush, why this matters, and what must change in order to safeguard justice. 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. T v T and Others (Disregard for Procedural Rules, Adjournment) [2025] EWFC 14 (B) Judgment date: 29 January 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/14 Recorder Chandler KC was forced to adjourn a three-day hearing in the face of W’s legal aid solicitors failing to comply with the Family Court’s procedures. The judge made it clear that where a Read the journal Financial Remedies Journal – 2026 Issue 2 | Summer Open in Related FPR PD 27A and Procedural Ambush – A Litigant in Person’s Perspective This article, the anonymous writer explains, is not about abuse during the marriage, but rather the abuse hidden in court procedure, in particular how the habitual disregard of FPR PD 27A1 paves the way to procedural ambush, why this matters, and what must change in order to safeguard justice. 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. T v T and Others (Disregard for Procedural Rules, Adjournment) [2025] EWFC 14 (B) Judgment date: 29 January 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/14 Recorder Chandler KC was forced to adjourn a three-day hearing in the face of W’s legal aid solicitors failing to comply with the Family Court’s procedures. The judge made it clear that where a Latest The Astonishing Fate of Scott v Scott (1911-1913) Secrecy in family cases from the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes (1858) to the Financial Remedies Court (2024) The Consequences of Late Service of an N260 for Summary Assessment of Costs: Prejudice and Proportionality The requirement to serve a statement of costs (Form N260) for the purposes of summary assessment of costs is set out in CPR PD 44 para 9.5. But what are the consequences of a breach of the rule to serve the statement of costs not less than 24 hours before the start of the hearing? Is It Time for the Conclusions in Waggott to Be Reconsidered? There is arguably a far greater understanding now than there was even as recently as 2018 of domestic abuse and the wide-reaching and long-lasting impact that it can have. Does this mean it is time for the Court of Appeal to reconsider the conclusions it reached in Waggott? is curated by The Leaders In Family Law Books & Software EXPLORE OUR PRODUCTS
FPR PD 27A and Procedural Ambush – A Litigant in Person’s Perspective This article, the anonymous writer explains, is not about abuse during the marriage, but rather the abuse hidden in court procedure, in particular how the habitual disregard of FPR PD 27A1 paves the way to procedural ambush, why this matters, and what must change in order to safeguard justice.
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.
T v T and Others (Disregard for Procedural Rules, Adjournment) [2025] EWFC 14 (B) Judgment date: 29 January 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/14 Recorder Chandler KC was forced to adjourn a three-day hearing in the face of W’s legal aid solicitors failing to comply with the Family Court’s procedures. The judge made it clear that where a
FPR PD 27A and Procedural Ambush – A Litigant in Person’s Perspective This article, the anonymous writer explains, is not about abuse during the marriage, but rather the abuse hidden in court procedure, in particular how the habitual disregard of FPR PD 27A1 paves the way to procedural ambush, why this matters, and what must change in order to safeguard justice.
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.
T v T and Others (Disregard for Procedural Rules, Adjournment) [2025] EWFC 14 (B) Judgment date: 29 January 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/14 Recorder Chandler KC was forced to adjourn a three-day hearing in the face of W’s legal aid solicitors failing to comply with the Family Court’s procedures. The judge made it clear that where a
The Astonishing Fate of Scott v Scott (1911-1913) Secrecy in family cases from the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes (1858) to the Financial Remedies Court (2024)
The Consequences of Late Service of an N260 for Summary Assessment of Costs: Prejudice and Proportionality The requirement to serve a statement of costs (Form N260) for the purposes of summary assessment of costs is set out in CPR PD 44 para 9.5. But what are the consequences of a breach of the rule to serve the statement of costs not less than 24 hours before the start of the hearing?
Is It Time for the Conclusions in Waggott to Be Reconsidered? There is arguably a far greater understanding now than there was even as recently as 2018 of domestic abuse and the wide-reaching and long-lasting impact that it can have. Does this mean it is time for the Court of Appeal to reconsider the conclusions it reached in Waggott?