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UK law firm launches ‘The Surrey Initiative’ seeking family law reform for out-of-court options

News Team, 14/10/2020

UK law firm Moore Barlow has launched “The Surrey Initiative” seeking a reform to the Family Procedure Rules (FPR) that will substantially encourage awareness and adoption of out-of-court dispute resolution options in both private law children matters and financial remedies.

The proposed reform to Part 3 of the FPR would see cases directed away from court by increasing the court’s power to refer a matter into an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process with sanctions where an out-of-court process has either failed to be considered or been unreasonably refused.

If implemented, the proposed reform promises to re...


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