Family Law Autumn Update 2025
Key Subjects
- FINANCIAL REMEDY UPDATE
- PRIVATE LAW UPDATE
- TO ENFORCE OR NOT TO ENFORCE AND HOW BEST TO DO SO IF NEEDS BE?
- A WHISTLE STOP TOUR DE-MYSTIFYING NCDR AND INTEGRATING IT INTO YOUR PRACTICE
- SCHEDULE ONE: FINANCIAL PROVISION FOR CHILDREN OF UNMARRIED PARENTS
Details
- Date: Monday 13th October 2025
- CPD Hours: 6 Hours
- Expires after: 120 Days
- £129 Plus VAT
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FINANCIAL REMEDY UPDATE
This session will provide practical updates in respect of financial remedy case law over the last 12 months. To ensure the content is both topical and relevant the issues to be covered will be determined nearer the time but are likely to include:
- Division of capital on divorce
- Agreements
- Non Marital Property to include pre-marital assets and consideration of the case of Standish
- Maintenance
- Special Contribution and Compensation
- Valuations and the courts approach
- Conduct
- Disclosure
- Costs
- Practical miscellaneous judgments
PRIVATE LAW UPDATE
This session is designed to keep specialist family practitioners fully informed of the latest developments in private family law. It will cover:
- The most useful recent case law including a more in depth look at the changing landscape on costs in private law proceedings
- New guidance from Cafcass, Family Justice Council and others
- An update on hair testing
- The hot topics which are making the weather in this area
TO ENFORCE OR NOT TO ENFORCE AND HOW BEST TO DO SO IF NEEDS BE?
How disappointing for our lay clients to learn that the final order is not necessarily the end of their financial remedy journey when faced with non-compliant ex-partners.
This session is aimed at trying to anticipate and prevent the need for enforcement where possible and how to tackle it when needs must.
Practical points will include:
- Which parts of a final financial remedy order can be enforced
- The different types of enforcement applications.
- The various methods by which we can enforc.
- How to recoup costs
A WHISTLE STOP TOUR DE-MYSTIFYING NCDR AND INTEGRATING IT INTO YOUR PRACTICE
This talk will look at how to make NCDR work for you and your clients, leading to better outcomes.
- How to explain it to your clients
- Understanding the different approaches
- Thinking about when to introduce NCDR
SCHEDULE ONE: FINANCIAL PROVISION FOR CHILDREN OF UNMARRIED PARENTS
This is often described as the Cinderella of applications: it is often ignored and overlooked but can be beautifully helpful.
This session is for specialist family practitioners and encompasses:
- The statutory framework of Schedule 1
- The salient cases
- The most recent important cases
- Some modest asset cases
- Practice points to help you both run and defend a Schedule 1 case
CLOSE OF PROCEEDINGS
£129.00 + VAT
Sponsored by
Speakers
Lucy Loizou
Managing Partner, The International Family Law Group LLP
Managing Partner, The International Family Law Group LLP
Michael Allum
Partner, The International Family Law Group LLP
Partner, The International Family Law Group LLP
Katharine Bundell
Barrister, 4PB Chambers
Barrister, Fenners Chambers
Cerys Sayer
Barrister, Westgate Chambers
Barrister, Westgate Chambers
Rebecca Hawkins
Director, Mediator, Collaborative Solicitor and Arbitrator
Director, Mediator, Collaborative Solicitor and Arbitrator