A look at selected political party manifestos from the family law angle
Tony Roe, Partner & Family Law Arbitrator, Dexter Montague LLP takes a look at family law issues for the next UK Government What do the various political party manifestos hold when it comes to family law issues? At its conference in October 2023, Shadow Attorney General, Emily Thornberry, announced that a Labour government would reform […]
NCDR and the new Financial Remedies Pre-Action Protocol – is there scope for further judicial clarification?
On 29 April 2024, revisions to Parts 3 and 28 of the Family Procedure Rules allowed the court to stay proceedings on its own initiative, to encourage parties to engage in non-court dispute resolution (NCDR) including mediation, arbitration, and other methods. On 29 May 2024, new pre-action protocols for financial remedy proceedings were introduced, prescribing […]