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Financial remedy final hearing (standard procedure, England and Wales): flowchart on FDR directions, disclosure, Form H1 costs, bundles, section 25 MCA 1973 factors, orders, updated for Financial Remedies Guide 2026

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The Financial Remedies Guide 2026, issued on 13 March 2026 by Mr Justice Peel and His Honour Judge Hess with the approval of the President of the Family Division, now replaces and supersedes:

  • Statement on efficient conduct for High Court judge cases (1 February 2016)
  • Statement on efficient conduct for hearings below High Court judge level (11 January 2022)
  • FRC Primary Principles (11 January 2022)
  • FRC notice: electronic bundles (19 April 2022)
  • Allocation of cases to High Court judge level (21 May 2024)

This document is being updated to reflect these changes. See News Analysis: Financial Remedies Guide consolidates existing guidance and efficiency statements.

The flowchart charts the standard-procedure route to a final hearing after a financial remedy application. It covers FDR directions, open proposals and bundles; Form H1 costs, disclosure, section 25 Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 factors, available orders, and the below High Court judge level efficiency statement.

Further resources: Financial provision—practice and procedure—overview; Index of family flowcharts on Lexis+® UK; Financial applications to the court—client guide (standard procedure); procedural guides for application to first appointment, first appointment, FDR and final hearing; and the two companion flowcharts...

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