Journal

Women in Good Shape

Women in Good Shape

Reading Farhana Shahzady on ‘Menopause – turning the clock back for women’ ([2022] 2 FRJ 148) caused me to be even more fearful than usual about the progress of women’s equality, freedom, respect and opportunity in the workplace and in education. After a lifetime of fighting for more freedom for

DR Corner: Book review of (Almost) Anything But the Family Court

DR Corner: Book review of (Almost) Anything But the Family Court

Earlier this year, my good friends at Only Mums and Only Dads, Rebecca Giraud and Bob Greig, with a stellar author in the ever-fabulous Jo O’Sullivan, launched (Almost) Anything But Family Court at the Resolution national conference. The President, Sir Andrew McFarlane, was present in person to reinforce themes

Tech Corner: Thoughts from the Home Office (No, Not that One)

Tech Corner: Thoughts from the Home Office (No, Not that One)

When we first went into lockdown in 2020, like everyone else, I was concerned by an unfamiliar world. One where you couldn’t go outside, had to cook more and work from home. Then I looked around my then kitchen dining room and thought, ‘Hang on, you work from home

Money Corner: RPI v CPI – Why Inflation Matters in a Divorce Settlement

Money Corner: RPI v CPI – Why Inflation Matters in a Divorce Settlement

The rising cost of living has brought into focus the importance of considering inflation when negotiating divorce settlements. While many of us are aware of the eroding effect of inflation on wealth over time, what is less well known is that there are various methods of measuring inflation. When the

Financial Remedies Case Round-Up: May to October 2022

Financial Remedies Case Round-Up: May to October 2022

Welcome to this round-up of developments since the second issue of the Financial Remedies Journal (FRJ) went to press in April 2022. All (yes, all) cases involving the financial consequences of married or unmarried relationship breakdown, or the maintenance of children, are summarised on the FRJ website[[1]] by an

Interview with Jo Miles, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge

Interview with Jo Miles, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge

Photo credit: Eugenio Polgovsky (1977–2017), Fellow Commoner in the Creative Arts, Trinity College (2015–17). Jo, thank you for agreeing to be interviewed for the Financial Remedies Journal. You teach law at Trinity College, Cambridge University – surely one of the best jobs in the world of academia in one

The Scandal of Costs in Financial Remedy Proceedings in English Family Law

The Scandal of Costs in Financial Remedy Proceedings in English Family Law

Executive summary Over the past few years and increasing in intensity, High Court and Court of Appeal judges have strongly condemned very high and/or disproportionate legal costs in financial remedy claims. This is troubling and not good for the reputation of English family law and family lawyers, including with