Financial Remedies

Interview with Steve McCrone, the Senior Clerk at 1 Hare Court

Interview with Steve McCrone, the Senior Clerk at 1 Hare Court

The Editorial Board of FRJ wanted to hear from a family law clerk. By universal acclaim, Steve McCrone was agreed as ‘the senior man’ having been clerking for nearly 35 years and so the invitation fell to him (other senior clerks are available). Steve, can I ask you how old

TF v SF [2025] EWHC 1659 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2025/1659

JY v KF [2025] EWFC 195 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/195

Financial Remedies – Next Steps on the Road to Reform?

Financial Remedies – Next Steps on the Road to Reform?

1.1 On 18 December 2024 the Law Commission published its Scoping Report on financial remedies on divorce and dissolution.[[1]] The Scoping Report sets out our findings that the current law does not provide a cohesive framework in which couples going through a divorce can expect fair and sufficiently

When the Wife Becomes a Widow: The Effect of Death on Financial Provision Claims

When the Wife Becomes a Widow: The Effect of Death on Financial Provision Claims

‘In this world, nothing can be certain except death and taxes.’ So Benjamin Franklin is said to have written to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy. Taxes and their impact are usually closer to the front of the minds of those going through divorce or a dissolution of a civil partnership, but occasionally

The Winds of Change – Case Management and the Financial Remedies Court

The Winds of Change – Case Management and the Financial Remedies Court

Introduction Once upon a time, not so long ago, ‘ancillary relief’ was something of a legal backwater. Cases were determined solely by reference to ‘reasonable requirements’.[[1]] Procedural rules, to the extent they existed,[[2]] were short and loosely applied. Parties filed narrative affidavits of means and answered requests for