Clarification of the allocation of financial remedies cases to High Court judge level

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On 21 May 2024, Mr Justice Peel, National Lead Judge of the Financial Remedies Court (FRC), published a notice clarifying the process of allocation of financial remedies applications to High Court judge level in the light of the mandatory use of the online portal since January 2023. Nothing in this notice affects the principles of allocation set out at paragraph 3 of the ‘Statement on the efficient conduct of financial remedy hearings allocated to a High Court judge whether sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice or elsewhere’ (the High Court judge level efficiency statement), issued on 1 February 2016.