by Lucy R | Apr 14, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
The case of Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2022] EWFC 30 has hit the headlines because of the eye watering legal costs, and the excoriating judicial criticism of the parties for running them up. But Xanthopoulos is not only interesting because of its extraordinary financial...
by Lucy R | Jan 2, 2022 | Cases, FCReportingWatch
We saw this headline in The Times just after Christmas. What on earth is it all about? We’ve read and re-read it and to be frank, we’re still not completely sure. The ‘oligarch divorce’ in question is that of Farkhad Akhmedov and his ex wife...
by reporting watch team | Nov 27, 2021 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
Alongside the main Transparency Review report, the lead judges of the Financial Remedies Court also published a consultation last month seeking views on a proposed ‘reporting permission order’ that is envisaged for regulating access to and use of documents...
by Guest Post | Nov 16, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
This is a guest post from Sir James Munby. Sir James is the previous President of the Family Division. Hard on the heels of the CONSULTATION ON A PROPOSAL FOR A STANDARD REPORTING PERMISSION ORDER IN FINANCIAL REMEDY PROCEEDINGS published by Mostyn J and HHJ Hess, the...
by Guest Post | Oct 30, 2021 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
A comment by Sir James Munby on the Consultation Paper dated 28 October 2021 published by the FRC Lead Judges In a paper which I prepared for the recent At A Glance Conference on 13 October 2021 I suggested, in the course of a wide-ranging discussion of accountability...
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