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Family law update—transparency pilot extended; REMO lead; s 91(14) parental responsibility limits; amendments refused; bankruptcy sale postponed; Hague objections; Court of Protection deputyship and costs (England and Wales)

Published on: 22 January 2026

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Practice and procedure

Extension of transparency pilot for financial remedy proceedings

The national lead and the deputy national lead judges for the Financial Remedies Court, Mr Justice Peel and His Honour Judge Hess, have, with the approval of the President of the Family Division, released an update on the transparency pilot for financial remedy proceedings, confirming that the pilot scheme will run for a further year from 30 January 2026 until 29 January 2027. Earlier, on 11 December 2023, the President issued guidance in advance of the pilot’s launch, and the scheme began on 29 January 2024 in Birmingham, Leeds and the Central Family Court. From 11 November 2024 the scheme was widened to the Royal Courts of Justice, and from 29 January 2025, pursuant to a notice dated 11 December 2024, it was extended to 29 January 2026 for financial remedy proceedings taking place in all courts across England and Wales. The latest update also records the intention that, in due course, the pilot scheme will be made permanent, as the update makes clear explicitly...

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