Time Out: Abide By the Rules – or Else! Analysis of WC v HC [2022] EWFC 22 (Peel J)

IntroductionWhen the former President announced a number of years ago the ambition of creating a Financial Remedies Court, it was clearly stated that the intention was to produce a modern and efficient justice system. At the same time, there was a warning…

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• Efficient Conduct

• Ashley Murray

22/04/2022

ST v AR: The Origin of Assets and the Assessment of Needs

As Mostyn J observed in Clarke v Clarke [2023] 2 FLR 1 at [36], Peel J’s oft-quoted summary of the law in WC v HC (Financial Remedies Agreements) (Rev 1) [2022] 2 FLR 1110 at [21] is an ‘impeccable synopsis of the jurisprudence applicable in financial remedy cases [which] has become justly famous’. Somewhat more colloquially, Peel J has himself said (with a smile) that he has heard his summary described as ‘the Noddy Guide’ to financial remedies.

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• Assets
• Needs

• Nicholas Allen KC
• Andrew Day

01/04/2025

The Changing Limits of the Without Prejudice Doctrine (in the Light of the Shift in FPR Part 3)

In this article James Pirrie and Victoria Nottage explore the intersection between the without prejudice doctrine as it applies to mediation and the inquisitorial responsibilities of the court as bolstered by the new protocols.

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• Without Prejudice

• James Pirrie
• Victoria Nottage

04/04/2025

DF v YB (No 2: Costs) [2025] EWFC 76 (B)31 March 2025

Mr Nicholas Allen KC. Application for costs following a final hearing.

• Cases

• NCDR
• Costs

• Katie Stephens

Schedule 1 Property Structures

The main focus in cases under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 is often on how to meet the housing needs of a child; understandably so, as it is usually the largest cost. It can also be the starting point for settlement as the type of property and loca…

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• Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications

• Jemma Pollock
• Rebecca Fisher
• Pieter Boodt

06/07/2022