J v J [2014] EWHC 3654 (Fam)

McKendrick J. Interim hearing addressing an application to set aside a previous order permitting alternative service of the divorce petition out of jurisdiction by email in the US, alongside MPS and LSPO applications.

Peel J. Appeal by W for further details of an arbitration award to be disclosed to the associated KBD proceedings and to ‘any persons’. Peel J permitted minimal further disclosure in order to provide the King’s Bench court with full context but emphasised the confidential nature of arbitration.

[2026] 1 FRJ 70. A member of the author's chambers once described the private FDR as a court FDR, with biscuits. But arbitration and litigation are also different in other important ways, and arbitration is not just another form of consensual non-court dispute resolution (NCDR).