Family Arbitrator - Specialists in Family Arbitration

IFLA: A decent proposal

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:26:42 +0000

In its quarterly magazine, The Resolver, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, has just published an interesting article on how family arbitration is developing in different jurisdictions.

Family Arbitration testimonial

admin — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:15:41 +0000

Jordans Family Law Online has an interesting article by Dennis Sheridan, who recently resolved a case for a client via Family Arbitration. To read the article click here.

Judgment on Family Arbitration

admin — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:15:28 +0000

An arbitration agreement in a US pre-nup … a Hemain attempt at delaying US arbitral process … and insights on MCA s. 34, Hyman, Radmacher: T v T [2012] EWHC 3462 (Fam) has all these and much more…

Prof Gillian Douglas comments on Baker J’s arbitration-friendly decision

admin — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:28:04 +0000

Baker J’s account in AI v MT [2013] EWHC 100 (Fam) of how he afforded the parties an opportunity to reconcile their differences via a process akin to arbitration in the New York Beth Din, and then made confirmatory orders in English family proceedings, is skilfully analysed by Professor Douglas, who moreover points out that the case does not, as some press reports misguidedly suggest, ‘open the way to Sharia divorces’.

For the full article please click here.

Peter Singer’s family arbitration article

admin — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:34:41 +0000

November December

This article was published by Family Law (a publishing imprint of Jordan Publishing Limited) in the November and December 2012 issues of the journal Family Law, at [2012] Fam Law 1353 and [2012] Fam Law 1496 respectively

IFLA submission to the Law Commission concerning qualifying nuptial agreements and family arbitration

admin — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:30:43 +0000

Members of FamilyArbitrator have played a leading role in drafting this submission to the Law Commission. It suggests that family arbitration agreements might, in defined circumstances, be treated as and equated with qualifying nuptial agreements in the Commission’s final recommendations for ‘Q-nups’. The paper explains in some detail how the IFLA Scheme operates and will be of interest to those wishing to understand better how family arbitration works in practice.

FamilyArbitrator Wins Innovative Award

admin — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:59:07 +0000

The FamilyArbitrator.com co-editors, Peter Singer, Gavin Smith and Rhys Taylor have been voted winners of the Jordans Most Innovative Family Lawyer of the Year award. This was announced at a thronging canapé- and champagne-laden award ceremony on 10 October, and generously recognises their contribution via this site to spreading information and the word about arbitration in family financial disputes.

Our election manifesto can be accessed here, and its promises will be kept!

Family Arbitration Promotion

admin — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:54:31 +0000

Running until the end of October there is a promotion for family arbitration, in which Peter Singer, Gavin Smith and Rhys Taylor are all taking part. For more information on the promotion please click below.Click for promotion

Separating Together

admin — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:48:23 +0000

Monday 24 September 2012 sees the launch of Resolution’s ‘Dispute Resolution Week’ and the publication of their pamphlet ‘separating together’. This offers clients an introduction to the range of non court-based options available, including arbitration.”

Mr Justice Ryder’s Modernisation of Family Justice report comes out in favour of family arbitration

admin — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:35:47 +0000

Paragraph 62 of Ryder J’s key report Judicial proposals for the modernisation of family justice, published on 28 July 2012, has this, encouragingly, to say about the IFLA Scheme:

‘The [Money and Property working group of the Family Justice Council] will also be asked to make recommendations about rule and practice direction changes to facilitate the determination of cases out of court; for example, where the parties have agreed to an arbitration conducted in accordance with the principles of English law by an accredited family arbitrator, including interim directions and whether special arrangements should be made for the expedition of the approval of consent orders to reflect arbitrated decisions.’

This reinforces what is already our understanding: that the senior family judiciary view arbitration as a useful adjunct to the court process. The anticipated Rule and Practice Direction changes to accommodate arbitration as a separate but twin-track dispute resolution process will immeasurably enhance the credibility of the IFLA Scheme by giving it the stamp of approval from the highest rungs of the Family Justice ladder.

To access the full report go to:

http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Reports/ryderj_recommendations_final.pdf