Court Bundle, Chronology & Statement Help for Family Court
Disorganised documents, poorly structured statements, and missing evidence are among the most common reasons litigants in person lose ground in hearings they should have won. Get expert help preparing yours.
Document Preparation Support — What We Cover
Court Bundle Preparation
The court bundle is the set of documents the judge reads before your hearing. We help you compile, index, paginate, and organise it correctly — so the judge can follow your case clearly.
Chronology Building
A chronology sets out the key events in your case in date order. In financial remedy proceedings, the ES1 (Statement of Information) now satisfies the requirement to file a chronology for the First Appointment under FPR 9.14(5) — so a separate chronology is no longer needed for FDA. But chronologies remain essential in children cases and any case with a complex history of allegations. We help you build one only where it actually adds value.
Witness Statement Drafting & Review
Your witness statement is your primary evidence. We help you draft it from scratch or review and restructure an existing statement — ensuring it is factual, child-focused, and formatted correctly.
Position Statement Help
A position statement is a short document summarising your case position for a specific hearing. We help you write one that tells the judge clearly what you want and why — in the format courts expect.
Urgent Deadline Support
If a filing deadline is approaching, contact us now. Urgent support for document preparation and review is available, with same-day or next-day turnaround in many cases.
Full Case Document Support
From Form C100 and FL401 to financial disclosure, consent orders, and Scott schedules — we help you understand and complete the documents your case requires.
"You don't need a chronology" — be careful when the other side says it
If the other party's solicitor — the solicitor acting for your former partner, not for you — tells you a chronology isn't needed, think carefully about whose interests that serves. They may point to the fact that the ES1 now satisfies the filing requirement for the First Appointment (FDA) in financial remedy proceedings under FPR 9.14(5). That's true for FDA filing — but it doesn't mean chronologies are unnecessary. They remain essential in children cases, any case involving allegations or a long history, and at later stages of financial remedy proceedings. Even where the court doesn't require one to be filed, a chronology is one of the most effective tools for organising your own evidence and presenting your case clearly. This concern is about advice from the opposing party's solicitor — always follow the guidance of your own legal representative. If you're told you don't need one by the other side, ask specifically which hearing and stage they mean — and if the answer is vague, it's worth getting a second opinion. If the other side genuinely resists including a chronology in the bundle, you can still set out your timeline within your position statement — that is your document, and the other party's solicitor has no right to veto it. But be careful never to submit documents to the court that haven't been ordered — only file or include what the court has directed.
Read our full article: "Do You Need a Chronology at Your FDA Hearing?"Common Questions
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