Financial remedy · England & Wales
Financial remedy documents, in the form the court expects, for people representing themselves.
Making financial remedy litigation accessible through intelligent legal technology. Enter your finances once. RemedyReady builds your Form E, asset schedule, net effects and hearing papers from the same case file.
Designed by a family finance barrister with 30 years’ practice in London chambers at the Bar of England and Wales
How it works
One case file, every document
Build your case file
Answer plain-English questions about your home, savings, debts, pensions and income. Upload the other party's Form E when you have it.
Choose a hearing pack or a single document
Pick the pack for your next hearing, or just the document you are missing. Everything draws on the figures you have already entered.
Check, download and file
Review every figure and statement before you file it. You are responsible for accuracy. If you are unsure, take independent legal advice.
A new beginning
Separation is hard enough. The paperwork shouldn't be.
Most people in financial remedy proceedings have never seen a Form E before. RemedyReady asks you plain questions and uses your answers to prepare the forms, schedules and letters, so you can put your case clearly and get back to your life.
Hearings & documents
Start from your next hearing, or from the document you need
Every document is built from the figures and words you enter, in the layout the court expects, for you to check, complete and sign. No lawyer reviews it and nothing in it is legal advice.
One fixed payment per hearing, with no subscription. No VAT is charged. You can build and change your documents on screen for 42 days from payment (as many times as you like) and download each one once. Anything you download is yours to keep and edit.
Whole case
Every hearing, from first appointment to final hearing
Every hearing document for one case, bought once: the Plus pack for the first appointment, the FDR, any interim hearing and the final hearing, for either a divorce or dissolution case or a Schedule 1 claim (whichever your case file is set to). A separation agreement is sold separately. Your case file carries forward, so you only update what has changed.
Bought separately, the three main Plus packs cost £2,147.
How the cost compares
These are different kinds of help, so compare what you get as well as the price.
| Option | Typical cost | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| RemedyReady hearing pack | £249 to £849 per hearing, fixed | Documents for your hearing in the form the court expects, built from your own figures, for you to check and sign. No legal advice and nobody acts for you. |
| A solicitor, paid by the hour | £142 to £295 an hour outside London and up to £579 an hour in central London | Legal advice and someone acting for you. Preparing for a hearing usually takes many hours. |
| Online consent order services | About £270 to £1,800 | An order drawn up for couples who have already agreed. Not designed for contested hearings. |
| Form E software | About £50 a month | Help completing Form E. |
Solicitors' figures are the court's guideline hourly rates for England and Wales from 1 January 2026 (GOV.UK); firms may charge more or less, usually plus VAT. Other figures are prices published by providers in October 2026 (Divorce-Online) and may change. RemedyReady does not replace legal advice: if you can afford advice on the points that matter most, take it.
Document by document
The documents the court expects before every main hearing and what preparing them usually costs when a firm does it by the hour. A new ES1, ES2 and bundle are needed for each hearing, so at least twice in most cases.
| Document | Lawyer's time, typically | Cost at a firm, before VAT | RemedyReady |
|---|---|---|---|
| Form ES1 (summary of case) | About an hour of a solicitor's time | £250 to £400 outside London; £350 to £500 in London | £49, fixed |
| Form ES2 (schedule of assets) | Three hours or more, depending on how many assets there are | £750 to £1,200 outside London; £1,050 to £1,500 in London | £79, fixed |
| Section 25 or Schedule 1 witness statement | Four to eight hours: taking instructions, drafting, settling with the client | £1,000 to £3,000 outside London; £1,400 to £4,000 in London | £149, fixed |
| Hearing bundle | Usually a full day of a paralegal's time, charged at a lower rate | Rarely less than £500 and often £1,000 or more | £149, fixed |
| All three, for one hearing | A day and a half or more | £1,500 to £3,000 or more | £277 separately, or in a Plus hearing pack from £599 |
Time and fee estimates are the founder's, from thirty years of family finance practice, using usual hourly rates of £250 to £400 outside London and £350 to £500 in London for a qualified solicitor. Fees vary widely with the firm, its ranking and the lawyer's seniority; rates of £150 an hour for a chartered legal executive and more than £900 an hour for a senior solicitor are both seen. Few firms agree fixed fees for these documents. Most people who act without a lawyer never complete the ES1 and ES2 at all and start their hearing at a disadvantage.
Every document below is available from launch on 4 December 2026. Each is priced on its own; the hearing packs above bundle the documents for each hearing at a lower price.
Your case file
Build your documents from one case file
Enter your details once on the left; every document on the right is built from them. Until you replace them, the figures shown are an invented example, Collins v Collins, so you can see how each document comes out.
Case file
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Most people start here having just received Form A and the notice of the first appointment. Fill in the parties and open the tab for the document you need. Everything you enter is kept in your case file and used again in every other document.
Applications Form A, Form A1, Form D11 and the consent application (Form D81)
Already have a Form A? upload it and the details are read into the case file
If you have been sent a Form A, upload the PDF and the court, case number, names, orders applied for and children are read into the case file for you to check. It must be the form itself as saved from a computer; a scan or a photograph cannot be read.
Form A: starting the financial case proceedings, orders sought, MIAM, addresses
Orders you ask the court for It is usual to ask for every kind of order so that nothing is shut out. The court decides which to make.
Child maintenance from the court Usually the Child Maintenance Service deals with child maintenance. Leave as "Not asking" unless one of the exceptions applies.
Children Form A has room for two children; any more are put on a continuation sheet for you.
Mediation (MIAM)
Your address for service Leave blank and file Form C8 if you need to keep your address confidential.
The other party's address for service
Form A1 and Form E2: varying maintenance Form A1 and Form E2: varying maintenance
For an application to vary (or discharge) a maintenance order. Your accounts come from the lists above; your address from the Form A section.
Form A1: the application
Income
Expenses
Debts and commitments
Application during the case (Form D11) maintenance pending suit, legal costs, expert permission, other orders
Expert permission (Part 25)
Another order during the case
Consent application: statement of information (Form D81) the court's financial summary and the pension annex
Form D81 goes with every consent order. Its tables are built from the properties, accounts, debts, pensions and incomes above and from your proposal. This section adds what the form asks for that is not already in the case file. Figures are monthly; leave a box blank if it does not apply.
Income now (£ a month, after tax): the parts of each party's net income that are not earnings
Maintenance now (£ a month)
After the order
Notices
Pension attachment annex (Form P2), only if a pension attachment order is proposed Rare: a sharing order is usual. Attachment earmarks part of a pension's payments, lump sum or death benefit for the other party.
Financial forms Form E, Form E1 and Form E2
Already have a Form E? upload it and the figures are read into the case file
Upload each party's Form E as a PDF and RemedyReady reads the figures into the case file for you to check. The PDF is read on this device and is not sent anywhere.
Form E your own financial statement: the details the asset lists above do not hold
Your properties, accounts, debts and pensions come from the lists above (items in your name or joint names). Your address comes from the Form A section. This section adds the rest. Money columns: enter plain figures.
Front page The names come from the Parties box at the top of the case file.
1. General
1.15 Other court cases between you Four fit on the form; more go on a continuation sheet.
2.1, 2.2 Property The family home first, followed by any other property in your sole or joint names. Each property's figures also appear in the Property list at the top of the case file.
2.3, 2.4 Accounts Every account or investment in your sole name or joint names. Add as many as you have; the first six accounts go on the form and the rest on a continuation sheet, which is made for you.
2.5 Life insurance and endowment policies One block per policy. The first goes on the form; the rest on a continuation sheet.
2.6 and 2.7 Money owed to you, cash
2.8 Personal belongings worth more than £500 each Cars, jewellery, furniture, collections. Add as many as you have.
2.9 Liabilities Loans, credit cards, overdrafts, tax owed. Four fit on the form; more go on a continuation sheet. Your share of a joint debt is worked out for you.
2.10 Capital gains tax
2.11, 2.12 Business One block for each business you own or part-own. The first goes on the form; the rest go on a continuation sheet, made for you.
2.13 Pensions One block for each pension in your name. The first goes on the form; the rest on a continuation sheet.
2.14 Other capital assets Anything not listed in 2.1 to 2.13: personal or business assets not yet disclosed, unrealisable assets, share options (say what the shares would net if exercised now and whether tax would be payable), business expansion schemes, futures and commodities, trust interests including a discretionary trust (your estimate of the value and when it is likely to become realisable; if never or nil, say why), any asset likely to be received in the foreseeable future, any asset held for you by someone else and anything held outside England and Wales. You must disclose every asset and interest of any kind.
2.15 Employment
2.16 Self-employment or partnership
2.17 Income from investments Dividends, interest, rental income. One row per source.
2.18 State benefits Including state pension and child benefit.
2.19 Any other income Maintenance received, rent from a lodger, a pension in payment, anything else.
3. Needs One per line: item | cost now | future cost (optional).
4. Other information
4.6 New partner's finances Only if you live with, or intend to live with, a new partner. Nothing here is needed otherwise.
5. The orders you ask for
Schedule of documents
Form E1 and Form E2: front page whose statement it is and who files it
Form E1 (Schedule 1 claims and fast-track cases) and Form E2 (variation) have a simpler front page than Form E: the court, the case number, the parties' names and whose financial statement this is. The names come from the Parties box at the top of the case file.
Essential documents: ES1 and ES2 the case details and both parties' figures side by side; the net effects schedule and the offer letters are built from the same figures
Case details court, case number, dates, children, issues (used in every document and Form ES1)
Background dates
The parties ApplicantRespondent
Children of the family
Experts' reports
Open offers
Legal costs (from each party's Form H)
Issues in the case
| Applicant | Respondent | |
|---|---|---|
| Asserting 'unmatched contributions' | ||
| Asserting 'conduct', per s.25(2)(g) MCA 1973? | ||
| Asserting non-disclosure of capital wealth? | ||
| Asserting non-disclosure of income resources? | ||
| Agreement as to housing needs? | ||
| Agreement as to income needs? | ||
| Seek a departure from equality? | ||
| Willing to consider forms of ADR? |
Orders sought at this hearing
Other material information (80 words each, bullet points)
Both parties' assets, debts, pensions and income yours and the other party's side by side. The Form E tab edits your own figures in these same lists.
Other documents questionnaires, witness statements (section 25 or Schedule 1), position statements, chronology, offers, Form H, FM5, G and P
Chronology and position statement key events, needs, fairness
Key events The dates above (marriage, separation and so on) are added for you.
For your position statement
For the FDR and the final hearing
How the FDR and final-hearing position statements are organised
- Eleven sections, lettered A to K, in the order a judgment is written. A Introduction (representation, the bundle, any preliminary application) · B Summary (your case in four sentences, the chronology of the application, compliance with the directions order, the background) · C Suggested reading list, witness order and timetable (final hearing only) · D Computation (the ES2 summary, the main assets and whether each is matrimonial or non-matrimonial, other capital, expert evidence, chattels, add-backs, pensions, debts and costs, the disputed figures, disclosure outstanding) · E The section 25 factors, briefly, under the headings in the Act · F Each party's position: open proposals at a final hearing, without prejudice offers at an FDR · G The issues that separate the two positions · H The law (filled in for you, with room to add) · I Discussion, in three parts: capital; income and maintenance; pensions and the clean break · J Orders sought, including costs (at an FDR: the indication you ask for and directions if the case does not settle) · K Conclusion, followed by your name and the date. Sections are lettered so that they are never confused with paragraph numbers.
- FDR statements are without prejudice. The FDR judge sees every offer, open and without prejudice, gives an indication and then has nothing more to do with the case. The statement says so in its title and must never go in the final hearing bundle. The page limit is 12 at an FDR and 15 at a final hearing.
- It is argument, not evidence. The facts are in your section 25 statement; here you summarise them with paragraph references and argue from them. Anything new belongs in a further statement, with permission, not here.
- Lead with the destination. The judge should know from section B what you want and why and from section F exactly what separates the two of you.
- Matrimonial or non-matrimonial is often the decisive issue. Deal with it asset by asset in section D and again in the Discussion.
- At the final hearing, open offers only. Refer to open proposals by date and page. Never mention without prejudice offers or anything said at the FDR.
- 12 point, 1.5 spacing, numbered paragraphs, filed as a PDF by 11:00 on the working day before the hearing.
Section 25 factors, in brief (the detail is in your statement)
Schedule 1: the child
Witness statement (section 25, or Schedule 1) section 25 statement for the final hearing, or Schedule 1 Children Act statement
The statement is built from the case file: dates, children, assets, incomes, needs and your proposal are filled in for you. Add the narrative evidence here, in your own words. Leave a box empty and the statement shows a highlighted prompt, in italics, telling you what to write there in Word.
What to include in a section 25 statement and what to leave out
- It is evidence, not argument. The judge reads it to learn the facts needed to apply section 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. The law and the argument (why the law applied to these facts leads to the orders you want) go in your position statement, not here.
- One heading for each section 25 factor. The statement follows the order of the Act: the children's welfare; income, earning capacity, property and resources (a); needs, obligations and responsibilities (b); standard of living (c); age and length of marriage (d); disability (e); contributions (f); conduct (g); lost benefits (h); after these, the clean break (section 25A), the computation (what there is to divide) and the distribution (the orders you ask for). Judgments are written in this order, so a statement in the same order is the easiest for the judge to use.
- Matrimonial or non-matrimonial? For every significant asset say when and how it was acquired: during the marriage, or brought in, inherited or gifted and kept separate. This is often the decisive fact, so deal with it asset by asset under (a).
- Do not repeat your Form E. Refer to it and update it. Say what has changed since and why.
- Every important fact needs a document. Exhibit the documents in one paginated bundle (your initials and the number 1) and give the page number after each fact: "[AB1/12]". Property particulars, mortgage capacity, payslips, medical letters, school fees invoices and bank statements for any money you say was moved.
- Dates, amounts and names, not adjectives. "He transferred £40,000 to his brother on 3 March 2025 [AB1/22]" helps the judge; "he has always been dishonest with money" does not.
- Say where you got it. Anything not within your own knowledge must give its source: "I am told by my sister that…", "according to the Zoopla estimate at [AB1/30]…". A statement that does not is in breach of the rules and the judge will give the point little weight.
- Deal fairly with the other side's needs. A statement that acknowledges what the other party reasonably needs and shows how your proposal meets it, is far more persuasive than one that ignores them.
- Conduct is only for the rare case where the court has given permission for it to be raised. Affairs, arguments and unhappiness are not conduct for this purpose.
- Length. Keep to the page limit in your directions order and in any event to 15 pages excluding exhibits (Financial Remedies Guide 2026), at 12 point with 1.5 spacing. If you need more, apply for permission and say so in the introduction.
- Primary and alternative position. End with the orders you ask for and, if you can, a realistic fallback. The judge may not accept everything you ask for; give them a second landing place that is still yours.
The type of statement follows the Type of case chosen in Case details: a section 25 statement for a divorce or dissolution, or a Schedule 1 Children Act statement for provision for a child (married or unmarried parents).
Section 25(2)(a): income, earning capacity, property and resources
Section 25(2)(b): needs, obligations and responsibilities
Section 25(2)(c) to (h)
What to include in a Schedule 1 statement and how it differs from a divorce case
- It is about the child, not fairness between the parents. There is no sharing of assets and no compensation. The court provides for the child's needs (and the carer's needs as carer) out of the other parent's resources, judged against the standard of living that parent enjoys. Grievances about the relationship do not help.
- The headings follow paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1: (a) each parent's income, earning capacity, property and resources; (b) each parent's needs, obligations and responsibilities; (c) the child's financial needs; (d) the child's own resources; (e) any disability of the child; (f) the manner in which the child was being, or was expected to be, educated. Then the standard of living, the CMS position, capital (the home), the orders and costs.
- The CMS question decides what the court can do. Ordinary child maintenance is for the Child Maintenance Service unless the other parent's gross income is above £156,000 a year (a top-up), the claim is for school fees or educational costs, the child has a disability, the other parent lives abroad, or the order is by consent. Say which applies, with the evidence.
- Housing is usually a settlement, not a gift. The home (or a housing fund) is normally held for the child's benefit, with the carer living there, until the child is 18 or finishes full-time education including a first degree, after which it reverts to the paying parent. Say what terms you ask for and what each of you would have at the end.
- Lump sums can cover furnishing, a car, a deposit, debts incurred providing for the child and a contribution to your legal costs. They can be ordered more than once.
- Costs are not "each side pays their own". The divorce rule does not apply to Schedule 1; the court decides, having regard to the parties’ conduct and resources and to the outcome. It may order a parent with far greater resources to contribute.
- Every important fact needs a document in one paginated exhibit: birth certificate, child arrangements order, CMS calculation, Land Registry title, contributions schedule with bank statements, school letter and distances, property particulars, mortgage capacity, fee invoices, reports, the child's budget with receipts.
- Length: keep to the page limit in the directions order, 12 point, 1.5 spacing, numbered paragraphs; if you need more, apply for permission and say so in the introduction.
Background
Paragraph 4 factors
Computation, clean break and distribution
Questionnaire, replies and deficiencies questions on the other party's Form E, your replies and follow-up
Form G: notice of response to first appointment
A questionnaire asks the other party for what their Form E leaves out. It is limited to what is necessary and proportionate and to four pages: the judge at the first appointment decides which questions must be answered. Suggested questions below are built from the other party's assets in the case file; untick any you do not need and add your own.
Questionnaire on the other party's Form E
Replies to the other party's questionnaire
Enter each question as numbered in their questionnaire, choose the kind of reply and add your answer. Documents you attach are numbered automatically in the order they appear.
Schedule of deficiencies (follow-up where their replies fall short)
Your proposal the settlement you put forward: home, division, lump sum, pension share, clean break; used by the net effects schedule, the offer letters and the draft orders
Form H and H1: your legal costs costs of the financial case so far and estimated to the end
Form FM5: mediation and other NCDR what non-court dispute resolution you have tried, for the form the court expects before a hearing
Form G and Form P nothing more to enter
Form G (notice of response to first appointment) is filled from the two questions at the top of the Questionnaire section under Statements. Form P (pension inquiry form) is filled from the pensions list under Assets; choose the pension on the document itself.
Draft orders directions orders and consent orders
Draft directions order the directions you ask the court to make at the first appointment or FDR
Consent order or final order the terms of the order, built from your proposal below
The order uses the proposal in "Your proposal" (home, division, lump sum, pension share, clean break) and the parties, children, properties, accounts and pensions above. This section adds the rest.
Separation agreement record what you have agreed, ready to become a consent order
Separation agreement details the terms you have agreed
A separation agreement is a deed recording what you have agreed while the divorce catches up. The parties, addresses, properties, accounts, debts and pensions come from the case file and the division from your proposal. An agreement cannot stop either party applying to the court, but one made properly, with disclosure and advice and without pressure, is usually given decisive weight.
Legal advice and disclosure
Separate (non-matrimonial) property to be kept by each party, one per line: asset | value
The division you have agreed
Separation agreement
This is a drafting aid, not legal advice. Check every figure against the evidence and take independent legal advice if you are unsure.
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Contested hearings
- Form E, Form E1, Form P, FM5
- ES1, ES2, net effects
- Questionnaires, replies and deficiencies
- Position statements, chronology
- Witness statements (section 25 and Schedule 1)
- Offer letters, directions orders
- Interim applications, bundles
Settling your case
- Consent orders
- D81 statement of information
- Pension sharing annex (P1)
- Pension attachment annex (P2)
- Heads of agreement
- Draft final orders
Starting and experts
- Form A and Form A1
- Letters of instruction: property valuer
- Letters of instruction: pensions expert
- Letters of instruction: business valuer
Agreements
- Separation agreements
- Heads of agreement
- Consent orders and D81
- Pre-nuptial, post-nuptial and cohabitation agreements and pet-nups: on our sister site AgreeReady
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