Advocacy in Financial Remedy Proceedings

Introduction

This virtual classroom seminar will assist with promoting confidence in advocacy in the singular types of hearings that arise in financial remedy proceedings particularly in light of the new March 2026 Financial Remedy Court Guidance.

This live session will work through each stage of the process from issuing proceedings through to past FDR, focusing specifically on the advocacy issues. This will incorporate the Rules that we have to follow in the preparation and presentation of the evidence, any relevant case law and of course will be heavily weighted towards practice points on how to best argue your client’s case and defend common arguments that you will encounter.

Your obligations under the Financial Remedy Court Guidance will be considered and referred to throughout this live session.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• How best to prepare the evidence for a client in a financial remedy case
• How best to present that evidence
• How to meet the most common arguments
• Practice tips for advocacy at the First Appointment, both preparation before and during the hearing
• How to manage and prepare evidence for an FDR
• How best to present that evidence at FDR
• How to meet the most common arguments
• Practice tips for advocacy at the FDR, both preparation before and during the hearing
• How to manage the evidence to a final hearing
• Final practice points for presentation at a final hearing, submissions and witnesses

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.