Introduction - history, agreement or consent order, the future; agreements - contractual requirements, classification, content and construction, discharge, the rule in Hymen v Hymen, the court's approach to agreements; consent orders - agreements subject to the approval of the court, agreements made rules of court, Tomlin and consent orders, the duty of disclosure;the clean break - origins, concept, suitability, calculation; challenging consent orders and agreements - setting aside and appeals, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, ss23 and 24, liberty to apply, resist specific performance; variation - agreements, consent orders, agreements made rules of court, undertakings; enforcement; agreements. Appendices: separation deed, Matrimonial Causes Rules 1977, r76A (as substituted by the Matrimonial Causes (Amendment No 2) Rules 1985, r9); specimen minutes of consent order; reconciliation agreement, cohabitation and pre-marital contract.
