Procedure

The Express Financial Remedy Procedure Pilot

The Express Financial Remedy Procedure Pilot

Between the first[[1]] and third[[2]] Farquhar reports, the members of the FRC Recovery Group – initially set up by Mr Justice Mostyn and chaired throughout by His Honour Judge Stuart Farquhar – were put to good use. A second report, A Paper to consider changes to the Practices and Procedures

CH v TH [2024] EWFC 135 (B)

Judgment date: 26 April 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/135 HHJ Willans. Final hearing in FR proceedings involving parties with widely conflicting views as to the resources available. The outcome was a modest departure from equality with a 53% split in W’s favour. Background W

The Winds of Change – Case Management and the Financial Remedies Court

The Winds of Change – Case Management and the Financial Remedies Court

Introduction Once upon a time, not so long ago, ‘ancillary relief’ was something of a legal backwater. Cases were determined solely by reference to ‘reasonable requirements’.[[1]] Procedural rules, to the extent they existed,[[2]] were short and loosely applied. Parties filed narrative affidavits of means and answered requests for