Financial Remedies Consultation
From Baroness Deech, House of Lords, response to A Fairer End to Relationships Questions 1-24.
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Cohabitation Consultation
From Baroness Deech, House of Lords, response to the Ministry of Justice Consultation on Cohabitation.
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Potanina v Potanin (No 3) (Video Evidence from Abroad) [2026] EWHC 1738 (Fam)
14 July 2026. MacDonald J. Hearing concerning the husband’s application for Letters of Request under the Hague Convention 1970.
‘A Fairer End to Relationships’: Government Proposals for Reform of Financial Remedies on Divorce and Cohabitation
For many years there have been strong movements to reform, improve and make clearer and more certain the law relating to financial outcomes on divorce. In early June 2026 the UK government produced a consultation paper with a very fast response date.
Pets on Divorce and Separation: Why the Consultation Matters
The Working Group on Pets on Divorce and Separation is concerned about the lack of guidance in relation to pets as chattels. The current reform project provides an opportunity to consider whether the approach taken in jurisdictions such as Spain and Australia would be appropriate here.
Bringing Child Welfare to the Fore: Why the Financial Remedies Reform Consultation Should Unify the Section 25 Checklist
Caroline Bowden, Sophie Connors and James Pirrie, working as part of a reform sub-group of the Family Solutions Group, propose an adjustment of s 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, merging and reassembling subsections (2) and (3).