Family analysis: His Honour Judge Booth (sitting as a High Court judge) has confirmed in the clearest terms that the duty of full and frank disclosure in financial remedy arbitrations endures until the court order reflecting the award is made. Although the wife in the case succeeded in her non-disclosure argument regarding the husband’s business, the result for her was ultimately Pyrrhic in light of the extent of her incurred costs and the way she had pursued other matters which were held not to be capable of producing a material difference on the outcome. Both parties’ approaches to the issues received judicial criticism. David Wilkinson, solicitor at Slater Heelis, examines the issues
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