Assumption: "If the applicant says the assets are under £250,000, the Express Financial Remedy pilot applies and that is the end of it."
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What People Expect
The applicant's figure decides whether the case goes into the pilot and the respondent cannot challenge it.
Court Reality
Under the Express Financial Remedy pilot (PD36ZH), the asset limit is that combined net assets are, or are considered by the applicant as likely to be, less than £250,000. That is the applicant's estimate. Either party can apply for a direction that the standard procedure applies instead. The application must give reasons and be filed and served as soon as possible, and generally no later than 7 days after the exchange of financial statements. The court looks at complex assets or income, other complex issues, an unviable first hearing, or a final hearing likely to need more than a day.
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The Gap?
"If the applicant says the assets are under £250,000, the Express Financial Remedy pilot applies and that is the end of it."
Court Reality
Under the Express Financial Remedy pilot (PD36ZH), the asset limit is that combined net assets are, or are considered by the applicant as likely to be, less than £250,000. That is the applicant's estimate.
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