Divorce, cohabitation and financial remedies – key developments in 2025

This webinar will provide practitioners with a focused update on recent developments in family law and practice, with particular attention to the management of divorce proceedings and applications for final orders. It will also examine the implementation and practical operation of the Express Financial Remedy Pilot [PD36ZH] in financial remedy cases.

The webinar will review current case law and statutory provisions, highlighting how the evolving law on divorce is being applied in practice and addressing questions that have now been clarified since the reforms were first introduced.

Topics covered include:

• Developments in divorce processes
• Application for final order for divorce
• Position surrounding the ‘20 week’ period when pursuing a divorce and difficulties surrounding financial remedy consent orders
• Applying for a final order for divorce after 12 months
• MPS Application and effect of HA v EN [2025] EWHC 48 (Fam)
• Pre-nuptial agreement and drafting – importance of Loh v Loh-Gronager [2024] EWFC 241
• Express financial remedy pilot: PD36ZH – how is this working and its use in financial remedy cases?
• Seeking enforcement in financial remedy cases – consideration of WZ v HZ
• 2024 EWFC 407 (B)
• Developments surrounding cohabitation cases
• How does schedule 1 CA 1989 fit into trusts of land disputes?
• NCDR and developments
• Key case law updates