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18 January 2025
Interim Orders for Sale in Financial Remedy Proceedings
Interim Orders for Sale in Financial Remedy Proceedings Introduction Contrary to the wording of s.24A of the Matrimonial Causes Act (“MCA”), the court can make...
Case Studies
17 January 2025
A not so superb investment opportunity – SPS Groundworks & Building Ltd v Mahil [2022] EWHC 371 (QB)
A not so superb investment opportunity – SPS Groundworks & Building Ltd v Mahil [2022] EWHC 371 (QB) Background On 12th February 2019 a plot...
Case Studies
17 January 2025
A v K (Appeal: Fact-Finding: PD12J) [2024] EWHC 1981 (Fam) – An Appeal against a decision not to hold a fact-finding
A v K (Appeal: Fact-Finding: PD12J) [2024] EWHC 1981 (Fam) – An Appeal against a decision not to hold a fact-finding Case summary This was...
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03 October 2024
This Year’s Legal 500 Rankings
We are delighted that Trinity Chambers has again been recognised in the Legal 500. There are 8 individual barristers with entries in Family: Divorce &...
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23 September 2024
Photos from the Summer Seminar 2024
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Procedure
21 August 2024
Rules for Naming Documents Uploaded to the Portal
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13 August 2024
Notice from the Financial Remedies Court: ES2
Notice from the Financial Remedies Court: ES2
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28 May 2024
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08 April 2024
In the Absence of a QLR
In the Absence of a QLR A Qualified Legal Representative (‘QLR’) is a person appointed to cross-examine another party where one party is a litigant...
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01 December 2023
Christmas Opening Hours
Our Christmas opening hours will be: Friday 23rd December 8.30am to 2pm We will then re-open on Tuesday 3rd January 2023 at 8.30am In case of emergency,...
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08 September 2023
Abolishing Section 21
The abolition of Section 21, Housing Act 1988 has been in the works for some time now. Although the date on which it will officially...
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11 August 2023
Mika Pine joins Trinity Chambers
We are delighted to announce that Mika Pine has joined Trinity Chambers. Mika has been a family barrister practising in the region for many years...
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04 June 2023
Re D (Costs of Appeal: Application to Vary or Revoke Order) [2023] EWHC 1244 (Fam) – The Honourable Mr Justice Cobb
Re D (Costs of Appeal: Application to Vary or Revoke Order) [2023] EWHC 1244 (Fam) – The Honourable Mr Justice Cobb This case concerns an...
Case Studies
30 May 2023
KOUKASH V KOUKASH Neutral Citation Number: [2022] EWHC 1001 (Fam) Beware the “booby trapped bundle”
Facts – the wife’s solicitors prepared a trial bundle (the husband was in person) they had inadvertently put before the court a bundle containing the...
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23 May 2023
Unregistered experts in family proceedings: Re C (“parental alienation”: instruction of expert) [2023] EWHC 345 (Fam)
Unregistered experts in family proceedings: Re C (“parental alienation”: instruction of expert) [2023] EWHC 345 (Fam) Introduction This anticipated judgment from the President of the...
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16 May 2023
Re A (Children) (Pool of Perpetrators) [2022] EWCA Civ 1348
Re A (Children) (Pool of Perpetrators) [2022] EWCA Civ 1348 This appeal followed a fact-finding hearing in care proceedings, in relation to a child (“A”)...
Articles
02 December 2022
“One day my son, all this will be yours” – Guest and another (Appellant) v Guest (Respondent) [2022] UKSC 27
On 19th October 2022, the Supreme Court handed down its much-anticipated judgment in Guest and another v Guest. Here the court addressed the proper basis...
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12 September 2022
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15 August 2022
Always check what you’re signing up to – the court’s position on concluded agreements: Horohoe v Horohoe [2020] All ER (D) 158 (Nov)
FACTS Sharon Horohoe (W) and Ciaran Horohoe (H) married in 1994 but in 2010 decided to go their separate ways. They had accrued a number...
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28 July 2022
Domestic Abuse Act 2021: The Prohibition of Cross-Examination by Perpetrators of Abuse in Family and Civil Courts
On the 21st July 2022 Sections 65 and 66 were introduced into the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and apply to the family and civil courts...
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11 July 2022
Financial Remedies Court Notice
Mr Justice Peel and His Honour Judge Hess, with the authority of the President of the Family Vision, have published an amended document titled “Overall...
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28 June 2022
Supreme Court remits care proceedings for re-hearing following proportionality failings: H-W (Children) No 2 [2022] UKSC 17
Supreme Court remits care proceedings for re-hearing following proportionality failings H-W (Children) No 2 [2022] UKSC 17 On 15 June 2022, the Supreme Court...
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09 June 2022
Minimum age of marriage increased to 18
The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 has received Royal Assent, increasing the minimum age of marriage and civil partnerships in England and...
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27 May 2022
K and K [2022] EWCA Civ 468: Guidance on Fact-finding Hearings in Private Family Law Proceedings
Summary In a bid to clarify any prior misunderstandings, the Court of Appeal has provided guidance as to when fact-finding hearings in private family law...
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10 May 2022
Fact-finding hearings and domestic abuse in Private Law children proceedings – Guidance for Judges and Magistrates
Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, has issued new guidance for judges and magistrates in respect of fact-finding hearings in Private law children...
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11 April 2022
The end of the “blame game” for divorce proceedings?
The end of the “blame game” for divorce proceedings? On 6 April 2022, the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020, which reforms the divorce process...
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23 March 2022
Practice Message from the NES BCH Financial Remedies Court
Please refer to the below Practice Message, dated March 2022, from Her Honour Judge Gordon-Saker, Lead Judge of the FRC for NES BCH. Practice Message...
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14 March 2022
Guidance from the President of the Family Division: liaison between the courts and British Embassies and High Commissions
The President of the Family Division has issued guidance regarding liaison between courts in England and Wales and British Embassies and High Commissions abroad. Please...
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14 March 2022
Cobb J Applies Re H-N Approach in Hearing of Cross-Allegations of Abuse
BY v BX [2022] EWHC 108 (Fam) On 20 January 2022, the Family Division of the High Court (Cobb J) gave judgment following a five-day...
Procedure
03 March 2022
Family Procedure Rules: Practice Direction Update No. 2 of 2022
Lord Wolfson QC (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice) has confirmed his approval of amendments to existing Practice Directions supplementing the Family Procedure Rules 2010,...
Procedure
03 March 2022
Message from Mr Justice Mostyn: amendments to standard orders
Please see the message from Mr Justice Mostyn, regarding amendments to the standard orders, reproduced from the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary website below: I make...
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22 February 2022
Message from the President of the Family Division: Guidance on e-bundles
On 18 February 2022 the President issued a Memorandum in respect of guidance on electronic bundles. A copy of this has been reproduced below. This...
Articles
22 February 2022
Capacity to litigate in financial remedy proceedings: Richardson-Ruhan v Ruhan and others [2021] EWFC 6
Summary This case involves a long-running matrimonial dispute between former husband and wife. The background to the dispute can be found in the 2017 judgment...
Case Studies
21 February 2022
Keeping it in the Family – HHJ Hess gives guidance on family loans in financial remedies proceedings
P v Q (Financial Remedies) [2022] EWFC B9 On 10th February 2022, the Central Family Court (HHJ Hess) gave judgment following a four day final...
Articles
21 February 2022
Article: Child maintenance appeals
Child maintenance appeals Section 4 of the Child Support Act 1991 (the Act) enables individuals with the care of any qualifying child or a non-resident...
Procedure
21 February 2022
Message from Mr Justice Mostyn: Standard orders
Standard Orders The working party under the leadership of HHJ Moradifar considering the Standard Family Orders Volume 2 (Children and Other Orders) has at the...
Procedure
03 February 2022
Advisory Notice & FLBA Guidance on Asset & Income Template for First Appointments [ES2]
Advisory Notice The FRC Efficiency Statement dated 11 January 2022 requires the use of the assets and Income template ES2 at the First Appointment (para...
Case Studies
21 January 2022
What happens when “till death do us part” becomes “till death whilst we part”?
Hasan v Ul Hasan (deceased) and Anor [2021] EWHC 1791 In this case Mostyn J examines the law relevant to a wife’s application to continue...
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19 January 2022
Court of Appeal authorises publication of family judgment identifying parents
Griffiths v Tickle & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 1882 On the 10th of December 2021 the Court of Appeal (Dame Victoria Sharp (P), Lady Justice...
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12 January 2022
Financial Remedies Court – Efficiency Statement – All cases below High Court Judge level
Mostyn J (National Lead Judge) and HHJ Hess (Deputy National Lead Judge) have today issued a Notice in relation to the conduct of Financial Remedy...
Procedure
21 December 2021
President of the Family Division: Guidance on E-bundles
The President of the Family Division has published new guidance on E-bundles for use in the Family Court and Family Division. The guidance supplements the...
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17 December 2021
Family Justice Council – 14th Annual Debate – ‘Should the age of majority be reduced to 16?’ Full live stream and video clips
The Family Justice Council held its 14th Annual Debate and panel discussion in London which was live streamed via Microsoft Teams to audiences at home...
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15 December 2021
The Cafcass Prioritisation Protocol
The Cafcass Prioritisation Protocol Why has prioritisation become necessary in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk? Prioritisation is intended as a way of averting operational collapse...
Articles
06 December 2021
The President calls for major shift in culture to enhance transparency in the Family Court
The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has published his report on transparency in the family courts. Following a consultation and the appointment...
Case Studies
02 December 2021
Should a child in care receive coronavirus and winter flu’ vaccines against a parent’s wishes?
Re C (Looked After Child) (Covid-19 Vaccination) [2021] EWHC 2993 (Fam) The High Court was asked to detemine whether a child should receive vaccinations...
Procedure
25 November 2021
General Guidance on PDF Bundles
The Senior Presiding Judge, President of the Family Division and Judge-in-charge of Live Services have issued new guidance on electronic court bundles. A copy of...
Procedure
23 November 2021
Message from Mr Justice Mostyn: amendments to standard orders
Standard Orders: Non-molestation order Order No. 10.1 (Non-molestation order) is amended to include in paragraph 1 the respondent’s date of birth, the omission of which...
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15 November 2021
“Interesting Times”: Address by Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of The Family Division
On 16 October 2021, The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, considered some of the issues that are of current interest in the...
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15 November 2021
Reports of the Farquhar Committee on the Financial Remedies Courts: Parts 1 & 2
HHJ Stuart Farquhar (Lead Judge of the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Financial Remedies Court (FRC)) was asked by The Honourable Mr Justice Mostyn earlier in...
Articles
11 November 2021
Not a ‘white leopard case’ (E v L [2021] EWFC 60)
In E v L [2021] EWFC 60, Mostyn J dealt with a financial remedies application for a short and childless marriage. In his judgment, Mostyn...
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11 November 2021
President Issues Guidance as to Draft Orders in the Family Court
The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has issued a memorandum setting out the approach for drafting orders in the Family Court, in...
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10 November 2021
President Issues Guidance on Witness Statements Incuding template for Litigants in Person (LIPs)
Following criticism of the standard of witness statements filed in the family courts the President issued a memorandum giving guidance to practitioners on the preparation...
Case Studies
13 October 2021
Twenty Eight Improper Divorce Petitions
The Marriage of Gia Celine-Shelby and Alfie David Yorston and 27 other related cases This case is short enough not to require a synopsis or...
Case Studies
19 June 2021
Domestic Abuse – The Wrong Principles – Re A [2021]
This blogpost was published by The Transparency Project Re A (Domestic Abuse: Incorrect Principles applied) [2021] EWFC B30. First, the context: June 2020: The Ministry...
Procedure
28 May 2021
Adminsitrative Court: Guidance on Electronic Bundles – 31st May 2021
Administrative Court ELECTRONIC BUNDLES (Practice Direction 54A, §§ 4.5 and 15; Practice Direction 54B, §1.3) Electronic bundles must be prepared as follows and be suitable...
Procedure
12 May 2021
Private Law: Second Gatekeeping. Orders and documents
The gatekeeping system is being changed, in certain cases gatekeeping will be conducted twice. New orders and documents are being issued in private law proceedings...
Procedure
27 April 2021
Amendments to Standard Orders in Public Law numbers 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4 as at 19th April 2021
The full text of Mostyn J’s announcement is found here. The links at the foot of the announcement will take you to the archive of...
Case Studies
05 April 2021
Lack of Decree Nisi at Final Hearing not Overcome by DDJ’s Words
Rezai-Namaghi v Atapour (Decree Nisi: Formalities) [2020] EWHC 3729 (Fam) The partes married in 2011 and separated in 2016. In August 2016 H issued a...
Case Studies
05 April 2021
Order Refusing Intervenor Access to Hard Copies of Documents Upheld
R (Children: Control of Court Documents) [2021] EWCA Civ 162 In an order made after a fact-finding hearing in care proceedings Jones J directed: “R”...
Case Studies
05 April 2021
Urgent Application to Allow “Grave Step” of Compelling Hospitalisation and Treatment
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust v GH (Out of Hours Application) [2021] EWCOP 18 The health trust made an out of hours application which sought...
