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Portals: Bringing It All Together

Tips and tricks on using the digital court portals from a member of the stakeholder group for the profession, including how to avoid the double login, when to denote documents as confidential, and how to prompt a response from the court.

FRJ – ‘Well, He (or She) Didn’t Ask!’ – the Impact of Non-Disclosure When the Question Isn’t Asked

Is it a shield to non-disclosure by one party during financial remedy proceedings if the other party could (and perhaps should) have asked? The duty on parties to give full and frank financial disclosure is not merely a private obligation between them; it is a duty to the court.

KI (Applicant husband) v SI (Respondent wife) (Sham trusts and intervenor proceedings in financial remedy claims) [2026] EWFC 73 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2026/73?query=EWFC+73+%28B%29

Carl Brendan Hammond v Herrington Carmichael LLP [2026] EWHC 701 (SCCO)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/scco/2026/701?query=%5B2026%5D+EWHC+701+%28SCCO%29

Anne Morag Fotheringhame v Antony David Nelson [2026] EWHC 632 (Ch)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/ch/2026/632

Chair’s Column (Spring 2026)

[2026] 1 FRJ 1. HHJ Edward Hess says farewell to Sir James Munby: 'the most inspirational figure I have come across in my legal and judicial career'.

The Reluctant Pension Credit Member

[2026] 1 FRJ 39. In the case of AP v TP [2025] EWFC 190 (B) a financial remedy order was made by consent, following an FDR, which included a pension sharing order in W’s favour. Difficulties began when W failed to provide the necessary information to permit the pension share to be implemented.

Re A and Z: Service Out; MPS; LSPO [2026] EWFC 64

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.

Housing Particulars: Mind The Gap

What can the court do when there's a significant gap between the bottom of the applicant’s range and the top of the respondent’s range? Can the court take up the invitation made by counsel to ‘conduct its own research on Rightmove if it wishes’?

A v Z [2026] EWHC 654 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2026/654

De La Sala & Anor v De La Sala & Ors [2026] EWCA 282

Moylan, Andrews, and Nugee LJJ. The Court of Appeal dismissed two appeals from a set-aside order made by HHJ Hess sitting as a deputy High Court judge. The court considered issues of material non-disclosure by the husband, and whether gifts made by the wife’s mother were conditional.

MA v WK [2025] EWFC 499

Cusworth J. Can a non-marriage entered into in England and Wales obtain validity by being registered in a country which permits nikkah marriage, so that it is recognised in England and Wales as a valid foreign marriage?

Book Review: Dictionary of International Family Law

The Dictionary of International Family Law is the latest addition to the series of Class Legal Dictionaries. It joins this distinguished family with confidence and purpose.

Rt. Hon. The Countess Karen Anne Spencer v Rt. Hon. Ninth Earl Spencer, Charles Edward Maurice Spencer [2025] EWFC 431

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.