Family Law

Alexander Chandler

Barrister, 1 Garden Court, Temple, London

The Family Procedure Rules 2010 (‘FPR') takes the ancillary relief practitioner through three distinct stages: apprehension, wishful thinking followed by a nagging sense of unease. Apprehension at the sheer volume of material contained in the FPR and Practice Directions (‘PD'); wishful thinking upon finding the ‘ancillary relief rules' re-packaged but substantially unchanged in FPR Part 9 and finally, a nagging sense of unease: surely the rules have not been so comprehensively re-written in order to remain the same? What has changed, and how significantly? This article considers the impact of the FPR on ancillary relief and similar financial proceedings. A ‘road map' is attached at the end, setting out where provisions from the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 (‘the 1991 Rules') can be found in the FPR.

To read the rest of this article, see May [2011] Family Law journal.

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