FRJ stage

FDRs

GH v GH – FDRs Are Not to Be Dispensed With

GH v GH – FDRs Are Not to Be Dispensed With

If ever there were any doubts as to the importance of the FDR appointment and the parties’ attendance at one, then Mr Justice Peel has unequivocally put those doubts to rest in his judgment in GH v GH [2024] EWHC 2547 (Fam), published on 3 October 2024. The court’s

GH v GH [2024] EWHC 2547 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/2547 Peel J. In a narrow but important judgment, Peel J reminds all of the importance of an FDR, allowing an appeal against a decision of the first instance judge to proceed directly to a final hearing. Peel J rejected the judge’

DR Corner: The Drive for Gender Diversity in Private FDRs

DR Corner: The Drive for Gender Diversity in Private FDRs

Pressures on court time and the increasing use of remote courts over the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the increasing popularity and success of Private FDRs within (and instead of) financial remedy proceedings within the last 5 years. A Private FDR is a ‘without prejudice’ hearing which can be used

Myerson No. 1 and FPR 9.17(2): What Can the FDR Judge Actually Do?

Myerson No. 1 and FPR 9.17(2): What Can the FDR Judge Actually Do?

There has long been disagreement over what an FDR judge can – and cannot – do where agreement has not been reached between the parties and, in particular, whether he or she can (and if so should) make directions for a final hearing. By virtue of FPR 9.17(2) the judge

Out of the Shadows, into the Light. De-mystifying Private FDRs and Arbitration.

Out of the Shadows, into the Light. De-mystifying Private FDRs and Arbitration.

Barristers learn to do the job as a pupil by sitting with the pupil supervisor and watching how the job is done. Solicitors do much the same with a supervising solicitor. On first appointment to a judicial appointment, deputy judges or Recorders usually shadow a full-time judge and watch how

JP v NP [2014] EWHC 1101 (Fam)

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2014/1101.html