Your Backup trial is here: The London financial remedy changes

On 15 September 2025, significant changes were announced to the procedure and judicial sittings in the London Financial Remedies Court.  This had been leading the way nationally and internationally in a superb, fast and efficient process in complicated financial cases on relationship breakdown.  It was said resources were now to be diverted to the admittedly over pressed, under resourced and delayed private and public children law work.  The consequences are significant at many levels.  Although the vast majority of cases settle without a final hearing, one of these changes is that those which do need a final hearing will find themselves doubled up, with a real risk that a final hearing will not go ahead as scheduled.  A primary answer is arbitration.  This note looks at the changes, of details so far provided, and possible solutions for practitioners