The Financial Dispute Resolution Appointment, also called FDR Hearing, is usually the second stage of the three-stage process in cases in which the Court is dealing with an application for financial ...

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A recent Court decision found that CQC repeatedly failed to follow its Conflicts policy, resulting in CQC decisions being taken with apparent bias Nythan Smith, Principal Associate and specialist ...

This is usually the first hearing within proceedings which have been brought in the Family Court under the Children Act 1989. Proceedings may have been brought for a Child Arrangements Order, a ...

Spousal maintenance can be an important feature when reaching a financial settlement. In divorce and dissolution of civil partnership cases, it is one way a court can address a financial disparity ...