arbitration

LT v ZU [2023] EWFC 179

Judgment date: 06 October 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/179.html HHJ Evans-Gordon. Substantive hearing following the father challenging an application by the mother to convert an arbitral award into an order of the court. See earlier decision in LT v ZU [2022] EWFC 206.

LT v ZU [2022] EWFC 206

Judgment date: 28 December 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/206 Application by the father challenging an arbitral award concerning provision for the parties’ two children pursuant to Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. The challenge was on two general grounds: (1) the arbitrator had no power

DR Corner: The Drive for Gender Diversity in Private FDRs

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 ‘without prejudice’ hearing which can be used

A Review – Family Financial Arbitration: A Short Guide

A Review – Family Financial Arbitration: A Short Guide

Alternative Dispute Resolution has, in most but not all cases, staunch support from the judiciary, as well as from many practitioners. The reasons for such support are obvious. In his John Cornwell Lecture at the Family Mediation Association Conference in September 2022, the President of the Family Division said, in

Out of the Shadows, into the Light. De-mystifying Private FDRs and Arbitration.

Out of the Shadows, into the Light. De-mystifying Private FDRs and Arbitration.

Barristers learn to do the job as a pupil by sitting with the pupil supervisor and watching how the job is done. Solicitors do much the same with a supervising solicitor. On first appointment to a judicial appointment, deputy judges or Recorders usually shadow a full-time judge and watch how

Fields v Fields [2015] EWHC 1670 (Fam)

Judgment date: 04 June 2015 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2015/1670.html

DB v DLJ [2016] EWHC 324 (Fam)

Judgment date: 24 February 2016 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2016/324.html