The Family Procedure Rules set out a time frame for dealing with an application for financial provision which includes getting to a First Directions Appointment within 14 weeks, then further steps to a Financial Dispute Resolution hearing, and then (if necessary) to a Final Hearing, which, in theory, means applications could be dealt with in 6 months. However, delays caused by Covid-19, by litigants in person, and by spending cuts in the ministry of justice mean that the system is totally … [Read more...]
Family Court backlogs increased to 110,000
According to the Law Society Gazette, family court cases are continuing to grow. The government have been urged to respond to this by ensuring that there is sufficient judicial capacity to deal with the family court backlogs, which has now reached 110,000 according to the latest HM Court & Tribunal Service figures. This increase is reflected in both private law cases and public law cases. The result of the increase in cases coupled with the court backlogs means that it can take much … [Read more...]
