The WLR Daily case summaries
[2020] WLR(D) 531
Family Division
R v K
[2020] EWHC 841 (Fam)
2020 Jan 28; Feb 27
Clare Ambrose sitting as a deputy High Court judge
Marriage— Divorce— Financial provision— Family Law Arbitration Scheme— Parties agreeing to submit dispute in financial proceedings arising from divorce to arbitration— Wife seeking incorporation of arbitral award in court order— Husband seeking permission to appeal award and to set it aside for procedural irregularity— Appropriate test for permission to appeal arbitration award— Whether permission to appeal to be granted— Whether court to exercise discretion not to approve order in terms of award— Whether order to be made—
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18), s 25(1)(2) (as substituted by Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c 42), s 3)
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Arbitration Act 1996 (c 23), ss 68, 69(3)
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FPR
Pt 30