On 24 February 2021 the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, issued the following message: I am pleased to announce that the Financial Remedies Courts (FRC) pilot project has now been completed. This project had its origins in a paper published in November 2016 and was formally initiated as a pilot project by my predecessor in January 2018. The first pilot zone, the West Midlands, started work in April 2018. The pilot project has been progressively rolled out and is now 'live' in 18 FRC zones covering all parts of England and Wales. With the conclusion of the pilot phase, the FRCs should henceforth be regarded as an established and permanent part of the Family Court.