Journal

Chair’s Column (Summer 2026)

[2026] 2 FRJ 87. The Chair of the Editorial board highlights three of the articles in this issue, noting that different members of the FRJ Editorial Board have different views on topical legal issues relevant to financial remedies practitioners.

Costs and Calderbank Offers: The Current Landscape

[2026] 2 FRJ 107. What can be done to protect clients from escalating costs arising from uncooperative behaviour and inflexible positions? This article considers considers costs orders, the extent to which Calderbank offers still serve a purpose, and practical considerations for practitioners.

Costs in Needs Cases: Persistent Reluctance

[2026] 2 FRJ 111. Courts remain reluctant to make costs orders in needs cases notwithstanding significant reform in recent years. This should change.

‘Fair to Us’: Legal Myths and Privately Negotiated Financial Settlements

[2026] 2 FRJ 123. This article draws on qualitative research with divorced women to examine how cultural narratives about fairness, ownership and entitlement replace legal principles in privately negotiated settlements.

What is a Pension and Why Does it Matter?

[2026] 2 FRJ 128. In the absence of a definition accepted by all in the family law sphere, do we fall into error in a strict categorisation of this complex asset category?

Uncertain Futures in Pensions Enforcement – What happened to Blight v Brewster?

[2026] 2 FRJ 132. The remedy in Blight v Brewster has been partially overridden by the decision in Manolete Partners Plc v White. While the original remedy appears to remain in existence, it seems to be no longer an attractive method of enforcement.

Tempering the Wind to the Shorn Lamb – Equity’s Role in Defending Victims of Economic Abuse from Creditor Claims: Part 1 - Undue Influence

[2026] 2 FRJ 137. This article is the first of a two-part series highlighting equitable doctrines that present options for defending the victim and the family home against the claims of commercial mortgage lenders and trustees in bankruptcy – or at least mitigating the damage.