Family Law Arbitration: Practice and Precedents

Foreword\nPreface\nAcknowledgements\nTable of Abbreviations\nTable of Cases\nTable of Statutes\nTable of Statutory Instruments\nPART I – Family law arbitration in practice\n1  Introduction\n	1.1 Background\n	1.2  Arbitration and the Applicable Law\n	1.3  The Financial Scheme\n		1.3.1  Scope\n	1.4  The Children Scheme\n		1.4.1  Scope\n		1.4.2  Children Scheme\n	1.5  Arbitration Forms\n		1.5.1  Financial Scheme (ARB1FS) 2021 edition\n		1.5.2  Children Scheme (ARB1CS) 2021 edition\n2  Procedure\n	2.1  Pre-commitment meeting\n	2.2  Specific issues for pre-commitment meetings for financial matters\n	2.3  Specific issues for pre-commitment meetings in children cases\n	2.4  Signing up to arbitration\n	2.5  Financial – form ARB1FS\n	2.6  Children – form ARB1CS\n		2.6.1  Safeguarding\n		2.6.2  Voice of the child\n		2.6.3  The ‘no order’ principl\n		2.6.4  Other principles the arbitrator must consider\n	2.7  Contact with the arbitrator – financial and children\n	2.8  The contract\n	2.9  The arbitration process – financial and children\n	2.10  Directions\n	2.11  The final hearing\n	2.12  Award/determination\n	2.13  Enforcement of the financial award\n	2.14  Challenging an arbitral award\n	2.15  Orders within arbitration\n	2.16  Enforcement of the children determination\n3  Guidance\n	3.1  The arbitrator\n		3.1.1  Responsibility of the arbitrator\n		3.1.2  How to address the arbitrator\n		3.1.3  Does it matter where you sit?\n		3.1.4  Does it matter where the arbitration takes place?\n		3.1.5  Time\n		3.1.6  Contact with the arbitrator\n	3.2  Benefits of arbitration\n	3.3  How can an arbitral decision be challenged?\n		3.3.1  Corrective jurisdiction\n		3.3.2  Appeal\n	3.4  Points to note\n		3.4.1  Judicial encouragement\n		3.4.2  Consent by both parties\n		3.4.3  Costs\n	3.5  International arbitration\n	3.6  Conclusion\nPart II – Appendices\n1  Legislation, Rules and Practice Guidance\n	1.1  Family Law Arbitration Financial Scheme: Arbitration Rules 2021\n	1.2  Family Law Arbitration Children Scheme: Arbitration Rules 2021\n	1.3  Arbitration in the Family Court –Practice Guidance Issued On 23 November 2015\n2  Forms, Precedents and Standard Orders\n	2.1  Family Law Arbitration Financial Scheme: Form ARB1FS (2021 edition)\n	2.2  Family Law Arbitration Children Scheme: Form ARB1CS (2021 edition)\n	2.3  Family Law Arbitration Children Scheme: Form ARB1CS 2021 Safeguarding Questionnaire\n	2.4  Suggested letter solicitor to client confirming appointment of Arbitrator – Financial\n	2.5  Suggested letter solicitor to client confirming appointment of Arbitrator – Children\n	2.6  Suggested letter from solicitor to client regarding choosing an arbitrator\n	2.7  Checklist of matters for discussion at an IFLA Family Arbitration First Meeting/Directions Hearing – Long form\n	2.8  Checklist of matters for discussion at an IFLA Family Arbitration First Meeting/Directions Hearing – Short form\n	2.9  Suggested letter of engagement for arbitrator to send to the parties – Financial\n	2.10  Final award checklist –Financial\n	2.11  Final determination checklist – Children\n	2.12  Suggested letter to the Family Court enclosing a consent order incorporating the terms of an arbitral award\n	2.13  Recitals for use where ‘omnibus’ orders to reflect an arbitral award are sought for either financial remedy or Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 final orders\n	2.14  Order to stay or adjourn proceedings for arbitration under the Court’s case management powers\n	2.15  Order to stay proceedings pursuant to section 9 Arbitration Act 1996 or the Court’s case management powers\n	2.16  Enforcement of arbitrator’s peremptory order under section 42 Arbitration Act 1996\n	2.17  Order seeking the attendance of witnesses under section 43 Arbitration Act 1996\n	2.18  Arbitration – gatekeeper’s initial order\n3  Case Studies\n	3.1 Dennis Sheridan\n	3.2 Karen Dovaston\n	3.3 Nadia Beckett\n	3.4 Andrzej Bojarski\n	3.5 James Pirrie\n	3.6 Hannah Markham QC\n4  Remote Arbitrations\n	Suggested Guidance for the Conduct of a Remote Hearing in an Arbitration or Private FDR\n5  Articles\n	5.1  Lecture to the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators  (Sir Hugh Bennett)\n	5.2  Arbitration – A Fairer Process? (Alexis Campbell QC and Suzanne Kingston)\n	5.3  Outlook after Haley (Suzanne Kingston & Jonathan Tecks)\n	5.4  Family Arbitration – The New Landscape (Suzanne Kingston, James Ewins QC, Alexis Campbell QC and Jonathan Tecks)\n	5.5  Global Arbitration – Right place, right time? (Suzanne Kingston, Geoff Wilson and Rachael Kelsey)\n6  Cases\n	6.1 S v P [2008] 2 FLR 2040\n	6.2 S v S [2014] EWHC 7 (Fam)\n	6.3 DB v DLJ [2016] EWHC 324 (Fam) (nb although this case has not been referred to in the text, the authors have included the judgment for the sake of completeness)\n	6.4 Haley v Haley [2020] EWCA Civ 1369\n	6.5 A v A (Arbitration: Guidance) [2021] EWHC1889 (Fam)\n	6.6 WL v HL [2021] EWFC B10\n	6.7 BT v CU [2021] [2021] EWFC 87\n	Index