First Appointments

BR v BR [2024] EWFC 11

Judgment date: 30 January 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2024/11.html Peel J. When should a single joint expert (SJE) be instructed rather than two or more separately instructed experts in financial remedy proceedings? Both parties sought to separately instruct sole experts, one for each

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

E v B (Interim Maintenance Inaccurate Time Estimate) [2021] EWFC B90

Judgment date: 04 November 2021 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2021/90.html Recorder Chandler. W’s application for interim maintenance and costs allowance in proceedings under Part III. Robust assumptions were made about H’s ability to pay, and W was awarded £3,000 pcm interim

Fisher Meredith v JH and PH (Financial Remedy: Appeal: Wasted Costs) [2012] EWHC 408 (Fam)

Judgment date: 02 March 2012 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2012/408.html

Shield v Shield [2014] EWHC 23 (Fam)

Judgment date: 17 January 2014 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2014/23.html

CM v CM [2019] EWFC 16

Judgment date: 01 March 2019 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2019/16.html

Buehrlen v Buehrlen [2017] EWHC 3643 (Fam)

Judgment date: 24 November 2017 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2017/3643.html