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20 January 2023
Categories: Legal News , Family , Procedure & practice
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LNB NEWS: HMCTS videos on how to apply online for contested financial remedies from 31 January 2023

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published YouTube videos explaining how to submit online applications for contested financial remedies. 

Lexis®Library update: From 31 January 2023, legal representatives must submit and manage contested financial remedy applications that fall within the pilot under Family Procedure Rules 2010, PD 36N online, using MyHMCTS.

From 31 January 2023, it is mandatory for applications, documents and orders to be uploaded to the MyHMCTS online service. See: Mandated online financial remedy applications from 31 January 2023, LNB News 13/12/2022 99. HMCTS has posted videos on YouTube and published guidance for practitioners explaining how to submit online applications for contested financial remedies, including a recording of its webinar on 11 January 2023, see: Submitting applications for contested financial remedy on MyHMCTS.

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 19 January 2023 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk.

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