The Express Financial Remedy Procedure Pilot

Between the first (A Paper to consider the future use of Remote Hearings in the FRC) and third (Transparency in the Financial Remedies Court) Farquhar reports, the members of the FRC Recovery Group – initially set up by Mr Justice Mostyn and chaired throughout by His Honour Judge Stuart Farquhar – were put to good use.

• Journal

• Procedure
• Fast Track
• Express Financial Remedy Procedure

• Samantha Hillas KC

!18/03/2025 06:00

Helliwell v Entwistle [2024] EWHC 740 (Fam)16 February 2024

Francis J. A ‘paradigm case’ of how not to conduct litigation in a short childless marriage.

• Cases

• Agreements
• Short Marriage

• Rebekah Batt

Helliwell v Entwistle [2024] EWHC 1298 (Fam)20 March 2024

Francis J. Costs judgment in ‘paradigm case’ of how not to conduct litigation in a short childless marriage, which started as a show cause application.

• Cases

• Costs

• Rebekah Batt

Interview with Sir Nicholas Francis

Nicholas Allen KC and HHJ Edward Hess interviewed Sir Nicholas Francis over dinner in December 2024, a few months after he retired from the High Court Bench.

• Journal

• HHJ Edward Hess | Chair of the Editorial Board
• Nicholas Allen KC

!18/03/2025 06:00

Pre-Nuptial Agreements: an ‘Oven-Ready’ Solution to a Pressing Problem? A House of Lords Debate

Late last month, Baroness Deech brought a motion in the House of Lords, ‘That this House takes note of the law relating to prenuptial agreements’. The debate came against the backdrop of Baroness Deech having (of course) long pursued financial remedies reform through her Divorce (Financial Provision) Bill.

• Blog

• Pre-Nuptial Agreements

• Joanne Edwards
• Ellen Jones
• Renesha Hodgson

!13/03/2025 16:45