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Chair's Column (Summer 2022)

Chair's Column (Summer 2022)

The first issue of the Financial Remedies Journal (FRJ) was launched in March 2022, alongside its own website, and (I am delighted to say) has already generated a huge amount of interest and engagement and we are already burgeoning with ideas for the third issue. I want to give a

The Financial Remedies Court: The Road Ahead

The Financial Remedies Court: The Road Ahead

It is a great honour to be invited to contribute to issue 2 of the Financial Remedies Journal, which is an outstanding addition to the financial remedies landscape. As my illustrious predecessor, Mostyn J, remarked in the inaugural issue,[[1]] there has long been a ‘gross and obvious gap’ in

Some Sunlight Seeps In

Some Sunlight Seeps In

In relation to transparency in the Financial Remedies Court (FRC) there are further signs that the tectonic plates are shifting.[[1]] BT v CU In November 2021, Mostyn J set the cat among the pigeons with his judgments in BT v CU [2021] EWFC 87, [2022] 1 WLR 1349, [100]

Privacy and Transparency in the Financial Remedies Court

Privacy and Transparency in the Financial Remedies Court

Anyone who has had the benefit and privilege of listening to Mostyn J speak in an extra-judicial capacity will have been afforded a peek into the extraordinary breadth of knowledge and learning of one of England’s most experienced family judges. The range of references that pepper his deliveries – cultural,

Sharing and the Family Home

Sharing and the Family Home

Historically, a wife’s property was absorbed into that of her husband on marriage, and she was not capable of ownership in her own name thereafter. This situation, after some modest changes in the 1870s, finally changed for good with the Married Women’s Property Act 1882 (MWPA 1882). This

Both Sides Now: DN v UD

Both Sides Now: DN v UD

Introduction UD v DN (Schedule 1, Children Act 1989; Capital Provision) [2021] EWCA Civ 1947 is one of only a handful of cases under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 (Schedule 1) to have made it to the Court of Appeal since Re P (Child: Financial Provision) [2003] EWCA

Schedule 1 Property Structures

Schedule 1 Property Structures

The main focus in cases under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 is often on how to meet the housing needs of a child; understandably so, as it is usually the largest cost. It can also be the starting point for settlement as the type of property and location