In his latest Civil Way column for NLJ, Stephen Gold surveys a raft of procedural changes and quirky disputes shaping civil practice. His message is clear: civil practitioners must brace for continual tweaks, unexpected contentions and rising costs in everyday litigation
A key financial remedies ruling in BC v BC [2025] confirmed that details of private financial dispute resolution hearings must remain confidential, after a husband attempted to weaponise his wife’s early departure from a pFDR.
In Rogers v Wills [2025], a daughter caring full-time for her mother successfully claimed contractual remuneration from the estate, highlighting potential rights for family carers.
Alongside this, new probate rules give judges discretion to resolve disputes between relatives of equal entitlement, while the pathfinder pilot for child arrangements expands across the Midlands.
With the 190th update to the CPR also now in force, Gold muses that the 200th may warrant a celebration.
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