FRJ stage

Financial Remedies Court (FRC)

MacQueen v MacQueen [2024] EWFC 400 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/400 District Judge Ashby. Final hearing concerning an application for a final financial remedy order in proceedings concerning serious findings of non-disclosure. Facts W (34) and H (30) married in July 2016. Both parties were made bankrupt in April 2020. During the

SM v BA (Legal Services Payment Order) [2025] EWFC 7

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/7 Nicholas Allen KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge. Facts Application for a legal services payment order within high net worth financial remedy proceedings. W’s LSPO application was for H to meet the costs of £241,269 in unpaid invoices

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’

C v S [2024] EWFC 109

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/109 Peel J. H’s D11 application in relation to the implementation of a final order in matrimonial finance proceedings. The funds which were the subject of this application were £900,000 held by H for the benefit of the parties’ daughter, A.

Aldoukhi v Abdullah [2023] EWHC 3438 (Fam)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2023/3438.html Moor J. Claim for damages in relation to breach of a Part III MFPA 1984 order and TLATA order made in 2021. In 2021 Moor J made orders under Part III MFPA and TLATA proceedings brought by W against

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

AB v CD [2022] EWFC 116

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/116.html Roberts J (‘the judge’) dealt with an application to set aside a consent order made in financial remedy proceedings, and a responding application to strike out or summarily dismiss H’s application. The parties were both independently wealthy and