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Ministry of Justice Breaches the Overriding Objective

Ministry of Justice Breaches the Overriding Objective

It is fundamental to the procedural code that dealing with a case justly includes ‘expeditiously and fairly’. The savage cuts imposed by the MOJ, with very limited notice and no widespread consultation, will lead to ‘justice delayed’, i.e. ‘justice denied’.

Your Backup Trial Is Arbitration: the London Financial Remedy Changes

Your Backup Trial Is Arbitration: the London Financial Remedy Changes

New language has entered the lexicon of London financial remedy lawyers. The Dictionary of Financial Remedies needs a new entry. A spectre has appeared on the horizon casting horrors of preparation for practitioners. Enter the backup trial. How have we got here?

The Financial Remedies Journal annual essay competition

The Financial Remedies Journal annual essay competition

The editorial board of the Financial Remedies Journal is delighted to announce the launch of its second essay competition, which will be open to any undergraduate law or GDL law student from a University in England and Wales. We particularly invite submissions from those who do not yet have a

The Prenup That Leaked: Entwistle v Helliwell Explained

The Prenup That Leaked: Entwistle v Helliwell Explained

For financial remedy lawyers, life’s certainties are death, taxes, and discovering assets the other side swore blind didn’t exist. The Court of Appeal decision in Entwistle v Helliwell [2025] EWCA Civ 1055 is a reminder that, with pre-nuptial agreements, disclosure isn’t just a polite formality.

Look What You Made Me Do: The FRJ Attempts to Shoehorn Itself into Taylor Swift’s Engagement

Look What You Made Me Do: The FRJ Attempts to Shoehorn Itself into Taylor Swift’s Engagement

The time has come for the FRJ to shamelessly grasp for relevance among those down (bad) with popular culture.

Child Support, Sharing Care and the Problems in Top Up Orders (Out into the Open at Last)

Child Support, Sharing Care and the Problems in Top Up Orders (Out into the Open at Last)

There was a lot in HHJ Hess’s judgment OS v DT [2025] EWFC 156 (B), but the child-support nerds scurried through the maze, whiskers twitching till they got to paragraph 50 of the judgment.

Book Review: Cohabitation Law and Practice Handbook (3rd Edition)

Book Review: Cohabitation Law and Practice Handbook (3rd Edition)

Gwynfor Evans reviews the Cohabitation Law and Practice Handbook, 3rd edition, published by Resolution and edited by Graeme Fraser, with 16 notable contributors.