Elizabeth Darlington

Enjoying the early spring sunshine In Yorkshire after busy week.

Financial Remedies Journal: James Turner KC (1952–2025): An Obituary

James Turner KC (1952-2025): an obituary, of an extraordinary life well lived

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Should judges be named? Court of Appeal reserves judgment after two judges seek anonymity

Two retired judges who heard proceedings involving the family of the murdered schoolgirl Sara Sharif have asked the Court of Appeal not to name them.They and a third judge have “serious concerns about the risks which would arise if they were now identified”.

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GH v H [2024] EWHC 2869 (Fam). Mea culpa for overlooking this, because Vivien Croly did this summary back in Nov. Interim changing order re sums to be paid to a third party/child of the marriage, with interest granted on the unpaid periodical payments. (1/2)

YouTube video by Channel 4 News Barbara Mills KC on being first Black Chair of the Bar

Watch Barbara Mills KC, our new Chair of the Bar for 2025, on Channel 4 News tonight, 5.30pm Saturday 11 January. Here is a short clip of the interview with reporter Ayshah Tull.
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Lovely crisp winter walk - very welcome after a very busy first week back

Watch the recording of 'Conduct in Financial Remedy Proceedings' first broadcast on Tuesday 7th January 2025 with speakers Samantha Hillas KC, Nicholas Allen KC, Nichola Gray KC, Anita Mehta, Emma Hitchings and Christine Gentry.

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'Non-Court Dispute Resolution and the New Protocol – Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth…' by Katharine Landells for 2024 Issue 3 (Winter) of the Financial Remedies Journal.

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Word of the day is most definitely ‘hurkle-durkling’ (19th-century Scots): to linger in bed long after it’s time to get up.

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Excellent webinar and discussion - thank you everyone.
Will be interesting to see how the caselaw develops in relation to conduct.

SEEKING PERMISSION TO APPEAL: WHEN IS THERE AN “ADJOURNED HEARING”? THE ISSUES CONSIDERED The question of when a hearing has been adjourned and when time starts running for applying to the trial judge for permission to appeal was considered by  Mr Justice Freedman in Mex Group Worldwide…

When is a hearing "adjourned" for the purpose of applying for permission to appeal, the question considered here www.civillitigationbrief.com/2025/01/02/s...

JR on TV? Judges want public to see them making public law

Senior judges have asked the justice secretary Shabana Mahmood to allow judicial review claims to be live-streamed in the same way as civil and family appeals.

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ON v ON [2024] EWFC 379 (11 December 2024):
Application by wife to set aside financial arbitral award on the basis of fraudulent non-disclosure by the husband. Held that the husband had been non-disclosure, and wife's award increased. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

Lovely morning for a birthday walk before the next celebratory meal!

Final hearing of wife's financial remedies application, issues including the duration of the relationship, what were matrimonial assets, and the husband's conduct. Held, there was no reason for a departure from equality, and wife awarded costs. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

Ok this is doubly unoriginal now, but the other place is falling apart and like a much sampled rare 70s funk record I need to protect my ip rights, plus it's Friday guys so here (again) is a thread on:

DAVID BOWIE AS LEGAL TEXTBOOKS

1. Bennion on Statutory Interpretation

CLAIMANT BEATS HIS OWN “NON MONETARY” OFFER: PART 36 CONSEQUENCES FOLLOW: INDEMNITY COSTS BECAUSE OF CONDUCT In Grierson v Grierson [2024] EWHC 3048 (Ch) Joanne Wicks KC (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) found that a claimant had made a Part 36 offer which the defendant had failed to beat. The…

High Court judgment. Part 36 was not a "money" offer but was effective and defendant faced normal Part 36 consequences. www.civillitigationbrief.com/2024/11/27/c...

I have just opened a new account for the FLBA @familylawbar.bsky.social - please follow and spread the word.

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Judgment of HHJ Hess dealing with valuation, categorisation and treatment of a business on divorce. On facts followed Jones approach to springboard. Also first reported decision (of which I’m aware) to refer to the provisional report of the Duxbury Working Party.

Beautiful wintry morning in Yorkshire

A v M (No. 3) [2024] EWFC 299 (25 October 2024):
Application by H to strike out W's application to set aside a financial remedy order made in January 2022, on the ground of H's misrepresentation. Application dismissed. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

Gorgeous morning in the Tees valley

Misty autumnal day in Yorkshire

Lovely evening in Newcastle

GH v GH [2024] EWFC 272 (03 October 2024):
Appeal against decision in financial remedy proceedings to dispense with FDR appointment. Appeal allowed, and FDR directed. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

Financial Remedies Journal: Report of the Duxbury Working Party (provisional), September 2024

Provisional report of the Duxbury Working Party just released. Comments invited by 1 November.

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Good article on a very interesting point - what constitutes a “subsequent agreement” per Baroness Hale in Stack

It’s been a while since I’ve seen any new starter packs for this place, so I’ve tried to come up with a mainly legal one which simply includes many of the people I used to interact with on Twitter & whose posts I enjoyed reading.

I hope anyone I’ve overlooked will excuse me.

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'Cohabitation Reform Under the New Labour Government: Moving From a ‘Whether’ to a ‘What’?' by Dr Charlotte Bendall & Dr Andy Hayward for the Financial Remedies Journal Blog.

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