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The Summary of the Summaries (Spring 2024)

The Summary of the Summaries (Spring 2024)

Simon v Simon & Integro Funding Limited [2023] EWCA Civ 1048 (King, Moylan, Popplewell LJJ) The parties agreed an order that had the effect of depriving a litigation funder (Level) of the repayment of a loan advanced to W. Level were joined as a party, and the order was set

A Crib Sheet for those New to Financial Remedies Practice

A Crib Sheet for those New to Financial Remedies Practice

By way of an extract from Polly Morgan’s Family Law (OUP, 2nd edn, 2024), we present an aide memoire of the relevant principles and practicalities for the new financial remedies practitioner. Summary of the principles and practicalities (1) Consider ‘all the circumstances of the case’: s 25(1). (2)

Interview with Hilary Woodward

Interview with Hilary Woodward

Hilary Woodward is a former solicitor and mediator, academic and the about to retire CEO of the Pension Advisory Group. At the launch of the Second Edition of the Pension Advisory Group report, Hilary’s contribution in the field of pensions on divorce was described as ‘incalculable’. She talks to

DOWNLOAD 2023 ISSUE 3 – Winter 2023 (PDF)

DOWNLOAD 2023 ISSUE 3 – Winter 2023 (PDF)

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Chair’s Column (Winter 2023)

Chair’s Column (Winter 2023)

Once again, I am very pleased to commend to you another issue of the Financial Remedies Journal packed with compelling and engaging material. Peel J looks back on his first year in charge of the Financial Remedies Court (FRC), finding it for the most part in good health, and looks

The Financial Remedies Court: A Year in Review

The Financial Remedies Court: A Year in Review

On 28 July of this year, Mr Justice Mostyn sat for the very last time. Many words have already been said or written about him. I particularly enjoyed the appreciation of him by Sir James Munby, which was published in the summer edition of the Financial Remedies Journal.[[1]] Few

‘An ascent so steep as to make a meteor blush’ – The valedictory for the Honourable Mr Justice Mostyn, 3 October 2023

‘An ascent so steep as to make a meteor blush’ – The valedictory for the Honourable Mr Justice Mostyn, 3 October 2023

On Monday, 2 October 2023 history was made in Court 4 of the Royal Courts of Justice, with the swearing in of the first ever Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales. Just a day later, in the very same, similarly packed-out court room, Lady Carr crossed the rope to