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Divorce: Legal Costs

Commons · Question 24857 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Al Pinkerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Department has made of the adequacy of the rules governing legal costs in divorce proceedings involving people with (a) serious and (b) deteriorating health conditions.

Answer

Answered by Jake Richards, 8 Sep 2026

The Department has not made a specific assessment of the adequacy of rules in relation to people with serious or deteriorating health conditions. The rules regarding costs in divorce proceedings and financial remedy proceedings on divorce are governed by ...