Private FDR
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DR Corner: Introducing Assent: Combining Arbitration and Private FDRs in a Streamlined Process based on the FPR Directions
Anyone who has tried to arrange a Private Financial Dispute Resolution (pFDR) will be familiar with that sinking feeling when the process is slipping away. It starts with a low-level dispute over the judge, the date or the location of the hearing. Then a seemingly innocuous question about disclosure…
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!01/07/2024 07:00
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AS v CS: What are the Consequences if the Court Has Not Mandated a Private FDR?
The duty of the court to direct that a financial remedies application must be referred to an FDR appointment is set out in FPR 9.15(4). The court must direct such a hearing unless: (1) the first appointment, or part of it, has been treated as an FDR appointment which has been effective; or (2) there are exceptional reasons which make a referral to an FDR appointment inappropriate.
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!21/11/2023 07:00
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How Private FDRs Can Be Improved
As family lawyers, we are good at some things; less so at others. Our strong suit is thinking creatively and holistically in finding a solution to any given case. We are comfortable with the concept of discretion; or at least we become so after a few years' experience of how the courts actually deal with financial remedy claims.
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!12/05/2023 22:44
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DR Corner: The Drive for Gender Diversity in Private FDRs
Pressures on court time and the increasing use of remote courts over the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the increasing popularity and success of Private FDRs within (and instead of) financial remedy proceedings within the last 5 years.A Private FDR is a &l…
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!27/03/2023 09:50