Resources for Practitioners

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Our training provides an understanding of the elements of Family Arbitration and promotes the use of Arbitration to resolve disputes on financial and property matters arising from marriage breakdown.

Financial & Children Arbitrator Training

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Our Guide for Practitioners is for family arbitrators, judges and professional referrers. The document explains the arbitration process, which clients it is suitable for, and the legal framework.

Children Scheme to be launched

In 2014 Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, handed down judgment in the case of S v S, in which he affirmed and approved a financial award made by an arbitrator appointed under the IFLA arbitration scheme. In his judgment the President said, “There is...

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ARBITRATION IN THE FAMILY COURT

PRACTICE GUIDANCE issued on 23 November 2015 by SIR JAMES MUNBY, PRESIDENT OF THE FAMILY DIVISION   This Guidance concerns the interface between the Family Court and Arbitrations conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA96) where...

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Practitioners wanted to train children-issue arbitrators

The Institute of Family Law Arbitrators intends to set up a scheme for arbitration in relation to a specified range of disputes concerning children. It seeks a trainer (or trainers) to participate in training children-issue arbitrators. Candidates should be...

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