Family weekly highlights—16 January 2025

Table of contents

• Practice and procedure
• Transparency in the Family Court and Financial Remedies Court
• President of the Family Division issues Practice Guidance: Transition of matters from the national Deprivation of Liberty (DOL) list to the Court of Protection
• Relationship breakdown
• Requesting a copy of final order or decree absolute
• Financial provision
• Duty of full and frank disclosure in arbitration continues until order reflecting award (ON v ON)
• Inherited assets (ST v AR)
• Daily and weekly news alerts
• New content

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Article summary

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the roll-out of the transparency pilots, the transition of matters from the national deprivation of liberty list to the Court of Protection and confirmation that applications can now be made online for a ten year search for copies of decree absolutes and final orders. The duty of full and frank disclosure in financial remedy arbitrations is considered, together with inherited assets as non-matrimonial property. A new Family Practical Guidance flowchart on the accelerated first appointment procedure in financial remedy proceedings in the Financial Remedies Court is also set out.