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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.

The Reluctant Pension Credit Member

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.

Housing Particulars: Mind The Gap

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’?

Book Review: Dictionary of International Family Law

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.

Beyond Thing 1 and Thing 2: Cryptoassets and the New Property Landscape

Beyond Thing 1 and Thing 2: Cryptoassets and the New Property Landscape

For almost 140 years, bright-eyed law students have been taught that the world of personal property contains only two species of thing: those which can be physically held, and those which can be enforced. Cryptoassets forced the issue.

Now out: Financial Remedies Journal 2026 Issue 1 (Spring 2026)

Now out: Financial Remedies Journal 2026 Issue 1 (Spring 2026)

The new issue of the Financial Remedies Journal is now available.

Stop! In the Name of the LSA: Why Your Favourite Legal Exec Can’t Touch That Form A after Mazur and XX v GH

Stop! In the Name of the LSA: Why Your Favourite Legal Exec Can’t Touch That Form A after Mazur and XX v GH

HHJ Farquhar was confronted with the practical consequences of Mazur for family law cases. The issue arose when Family Law Partners, a highly respected specialist family law firm, sought an exemption permitting their senior Chartered Legal Executive, Ms Lisa Burton Durham, to conduct litigation.