War (of the Roses) – What Is It Good For?
The release of a new film has sparked a wave of commentary from the press and family lawyers alike. It shows that bloody mindedness and divorce are a timeless combination. Contains spoilers!
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Finality and Funding: The Implications of a Clean Break following CC v UU
The judgment of Peel J in CC v UU [2025] EWFC 214 provides a further glimpse of the LSPO regime, and seeks to establish definitively when the opportunity to seek an LSPO ceases.
Gottle O’ Geer: Witness Statements and Their Misuse
Most financial remedy cases don’t ‘go to trial’, for a host of good reasons: litigation is expensive, stressful and uncertain: even the strongest-looking cases have been known to develop cracks when exposed to cross-examination. Sometimes these emerge in answer to the gentlest of questioning.
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
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 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
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.