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Wei-Lyn Loh v Ardal Loh-Gronager [2025] EWFC 483

Cusworth J. Sums the husband unilaterally removed from a mortgage account and joint bank accounts during the marriage are held to be part of his entitlement under a pre-nuptial agreement, partially due to conduct findings.

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

Costs Judge Whalan. Unsuccessful application by the claimant for a s 70 Solicitors Act 1974 assessment of the invoices delivered by the defendant law firm. Invoices were Interim Statute Bills, and no special circumstances were found to justify assessment by the court.

Free Webinar | The 2026 FRC Guide: What Practitioners Need to Know

Join the authors of the new FRC Guide - HHJ Edward Hess, Nicholas Allen KC, Michael Allum, Lily Mottahedan and Rhys Taylor - as they discuss its origins, drafting and intentions - and its likely impact on financial remedy cases at all levels in the months and years ahead.

Mazur in the Court of Appeal: the Judgment That Saved Half the Profession from Accidental Criminality

The Court of Appeal rewrites the landscape of ‘conduct of litigation’ – Mazur & Stuart v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP & Ors [2026] EWCA Civ 369.

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