Intervenor Cases: Preliminary Issue Hearing or FDR (or NCDR)?
Should case management decisions in intervenor cases place greater focus on the opportunities presented by an FDR or NCDR taking place prior to a preliminary issue hearing?
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Siân Smith
Siân Smith is joint Head of Private Family at 42BR Barristers. She specialises in financial remedies and complex private children cases. She is available to act as a pFDR Judge. Siân is a member of the FLBA national committee and chairs the FLBA’s Advocacy Working Group which developed the
BC v BC (No 2) (Matrimonialisation; Division of Shareholding; Provision for Debt) [2026] EWFC 37
20 February 2026. Garrido J. Final hearing in financial remedies proceedings, considering matrimonialisation and whether there should be a departure from equality due to the shares’ original non-matrimonial character.
Standish One Year On – Is There Agreement As to What It Means?
The question of whether property that is matrimonial property has as a consequence to be shared equally has become one of the main areas of debate in the first instance decisions over the last year.
Managing Conduct Allegations: When Two Late Letters, £16m and a Retrial Collide – Court of Appeal Guidance on Conduct and Non-Disclosure Allegations
In Meerna Ali Ghuloom Faraj v Sohail Sultan Ahmad & Anor [2026] EWCA Civ 962, the Court of Appeal allowed both spouses’ appeals and the bank’s appeal, concluding that the trial judge’s factual findings could not stand and ordering a retrial.
Meerna Ali Ghuloom Faraj v Sohail Sultan Ahmad & Anor [2026] EWCA Civ 962
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2026/962
David Gluck v Chaim Yaakov Endzweig & Anor [2026] EWCA Civ 145
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2026/145
Culligan v Rosemin-Culligan [2026] EWCA Civ 948
24 July 2026. Moylan LJ giving the lead judgment with Coulson and Arnold LJJ agreeing. The Court of Appeal gives clarity on Wells sharing.
TH v AR & Anor (No. 1: Financial Remedies: Antisuit Injunction) [2026] EWFC 220
3 August 2026. Mr Nicholas Allen KC, sitting as a deputy High Court judge. The husband obtained an interim anti-suit injunction, pending judgment in financial remedy proceedings, to prohibit the wife from pursuing foreign proceedings.
Ferrara v Ferrara [2026] EWCA Civ 512
29 April 2026. Moylan LJ giving the lead judgment with Arnold LJ and Miles LJ agreeing.
AB v CD [2026] EWHC 1504 (Fam)
25 March 2026. Cusworth J on an application for a Legal Services Payment Order and Maintenance Pending Suit.
Sabrina Pool v Jean-Paul Pool [2026] EWFC 226 (B)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2026/226
The Fairer End to Relationships Consultation: The FRJ's Complete Coverage
The Government's Fairer End to Relationships consultation has sparked significant discussion about the future of cohabitation, marriage, divorce and financial remedies on relationship breakdown. Throughout the consultation period, we have published a series of articles exploring the key proposals, their potential impact on individuals and families, and the
What Family Lawyers Can Learn from Both Sides of the Border
Reform of this scale invites comparison. At a recent roundtable, family law specialists from Hugh James and Brodies brought together practitioners from Wales and Scotland to test where each jurisdiction might learn from the other.