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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 4h

Finality and Funding: The Implications of a Clean Break following CC v UU by Henry Hood & Anna Roiser

The judgment of Peel J in CC v UU [2025] EWFC 214 provides a further glimpse of the LSPO regime....

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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 1d

War (of the Roses) – What Is It Good For? by Charlotte Lanning
The release of a new film has sparked a wave of commentary from the press and family lawyers alike. It shows that bloody mindedness and divorce are a timeless combination. Contains spoilers!

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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 5d

Not the FRJ. We've already worked out how to tie ourselves in with Taylor Swift, and we have the blog to prove it....
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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 5d

that sound you can hear is the sound of a thousand journalists trying to work out how to tie this in with Taylor Swift

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 5d

🔺BREAKING: Sarah Mullally announced as new Archbishop of Canterbury

The Bishop of London will replace Justin Welby and be the first woman to take the role in its 1,400-year history

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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 5d

'Separating Better: the Free Co-Parenting App That’s About to Lose Its Funding' by Katharine Landells

'When a parent starts the process of ending a marriage, they have so many questions: Where will I live? Will the children be okay?'

Separating Better: the Free Co-Parenting App That’s About to Lose Its Funding

When a parent starts the process of ending a marriage, they have so many questions: Where will I live? Will the children be okay? Will I have enough money? Why do I feel so angry? There’s a minefield…

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Russell Sandberg @sandbergrlaw.bsky.social · 6d

Excellent news from the Ministry of Justice that comprehensive wedding law reform is on its way, following the recommendations of the Law Commission. New consultation due 2026. More details at: sandbergrlaw.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/g...

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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 6d

'The Prenup That Leaked: Entwistle v Helliwell Explained' by Baldip Singh MCIArb CJ

'For financial remedy lawyers, life’s certainties are death, taxes, and discovering assets the other side swore blind didn’t exist.'

Read more: lnkd.in/ew2hshQe

Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 6d

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v LR & Anor [2025] EWFC 271 (B). DJ Guirguis. Under s32 of the Child Support Act 1991, the court set aside a transfer of property and injuncted the respondents from further dispositions to defeat child maintenance claims. Summary by Joe Ferguson of Myersons.

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v LR & Anor [2025] EWFC 271 (B)

DJ Guirguis. Exercising the power contained in s 32 of the Child Support Act 1991, the court set aside a transfer of property and injuncted the respondents from further dispositions to defeat child ma...

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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 7d

The Financial Remedies Journal Annual Essay Competition is back!

This year's essay title is 'To what extent should domestic abuse be taken into account in financial remedy proceedings?'

Find full details on how to enter here: lnkd.in/eHTJPBgj

Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 7d

An interesting thread about materials for pupils to help them enhance their practice

Claire Bradley @clairebradley.bsky.social · 8d

A while back, I was talking to Jaime Hamilton and he mentioned that new pupil supervisors tend to be short on resources. My response to that was 😱 - it’s standard to provide new teachers with resources when they are starting out. So, I decided to put together some resources for pupil supervisors.

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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 8d

'Your Backup Trial Is Arbitration: the London Financial Remedy Changes' by Professor David Hodson OBE KC(Hons) MCIArb

'New language has entered the lexicon of London financial remedy lawyers. The Dictionary of Financial Remedies needs a new entry.'

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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 9d

⏰ New on the Financial Remedies Blog:

'Ministry of Justice Breaches the Overriding Objective' by Sassa-Ann Amaouche

It is fundamental to the procedural code that dealing with a case justly includes ‘expeditiously and fairly’.

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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 12d

'The Prenup That Leaked: Entwistle v Helliwell Explained' by Baldip Singh MCIArb CJ

'For financial remedy lawyers, life’s certainties are death, taxes, and discovering assets the other side swore blind didn’t exist.'

Read more: lnkd.in/ew2hshQe

Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 12d

Re: H (A Child) (Appeal: Child Maintenance). Henke J. A failed appeal by the father against the extension of the duration of a child maintenance order beyond the age of eighteen years.
Summary by Laura Stewart Harris.

Re: H (A Child) (Appeal: Child Maintenance)

Henke J. A failed appeal by the father against the extension of the duration of a child maintenance order beyond the age of eighteen years.

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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 13d

G v N [2025] EWFC 286 (B). DJ Shackleton. Interesting case -order that the marital home be transferred into the husband’s sole name following the wife’s departure nearly 30 years previously and H having ever since assumed all responsibilities for house and children. Summary by Laura Stewart Harris.

G v N [2025] EWFC 286 (B)

District Judge Shackleton. The case concerns an application for a financial remedies order following divorce between a husband and wife. The order sought, and granted, was that the marital home be tra...

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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 13d

The Financial Remedies Journal Annual Essay Competition is back!

This year's essay title is 'To what extent should domestic abuse be taken into account in financial remedy proceedings?'

Find full details on how to enter here: lnkd.in/eHTJPBgj

Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 14d

⏰ New on the Financial Remedies Blog:

'Your Backup Trial Is Arbitration: the London Financial Remedy Changes' by Professor David Hodson OBE KC(Hons) MCIArb

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Pump Court Chambers @pumpcourtchambers.bsky.social · 16d

Jennifer Lee will be speaking at The Law Society’s Online Classroom on Navigating Tax in Divorce, taking place on Tuesday 23 September 2025 between 12 - 1pm.

For further information, and to book your place, please visit The Law Society website.

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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 19d

'Separating Better: the Free Co-Parenting App That’s About to Lose Its Funding' by Katharine Landells

'When a parent starts the process of ending a marriage, they have so many questions: Where will I live? Will the children be okay?'

Separating Better: the Free Co-Parenting App That’s About to Lose Its Funding

When a parent starts the process of ending a marriage, they have so many questions: Where will I live? Will the children be okay? Will I have enough money? Why do I feel so angry? There’s a minefield…

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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 20d

Look What You Made Me Do: The FRJ Attempts to Shoehorn Itself into Taylor Swift’s Engagement by Professor Polly Morgan

Look What You Made Me Do: The FRJ Attempts to Shoehorn Itself into Taylor Swift’s Engagement

The time has come for the FRJ to shamelessly grasp for relevance among those down (bad) with popular culture.

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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 21d

'The Financial Remedies Court: A New Horizon?' by @rhystaylor32.bsky.social & Professor Emma Hitchings.

It is approaching 10 years since HHJ Edward Hess and Joanna Miles published their seminal article which fired the starting gun for...
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The Financial Remedies Court: A New Horizon?

It is approaching 10 years since HHJ Edward Hess and Joanna Miles published their seminal article which fired the starting gun for the creation of the Financial Remedies Court. The purpose of this…

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Family Law News @familylaw.bsky.social · 21d

www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/family-...

Family court sitting days to be cancelled in 2026 reshuffle

Short hearings could be rescheduled and longer hearings double-listed in response to limited allocation.

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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 22d

'The Prenup That Leaked: Entwistle v Helliwell Explained' by Baldip Singh MCIArb CJ

'For financial remedy lawyers, life’s certainties are death, taxes, and discovering assets the other side swore blind didn’t exist.'

Read more: lnkd.in/ew2hshQe

Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 22d

(2/2) The key issue here is that while Radmacher says that disclosure can be limited to what is material to the decision to enter into the agreement, if you state you've given full disclosure and you have not, that is a vitiating factor.

Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 22d

Helliwell v Entwistle [2025] EWCA Civ 1055 (substantive judgment) and [2025] EWCA Civ 1071 (costs). W had agreed to provide full disclosure for a prenup only to not disclose 75% of her wealth. Vitiated by fraud/misrepresentation. Summary by Devina Mohanlal (1/2)

Helliwell v Entwistle [2025] EWCA Civ 1055

King, Moylan and Snowden LJJ. The Court of Appeal allowed the husband’s appeal against the final order made by Francis J on 15 March 2024, emphasising the importance of full and frank disclosure in pr...

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Financial Remedies Journal @frjournal.bsky.social · 23d

We're excited to announce the return of the Financial Remedies Journal Annual Essay Competition!

This year's essay title is 'To what extent should domestic abuse be taken into account in financial remedy proceedings?'

Find full details on how to enter here: lnkd.in/eHTJPBgj