Articles & Updates
Looking after the future
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Looking after the future
Service: Family
New Year is the time for new resolutions or so we are told. This year, you may have made a resolution to make a new will or perhaps to make ...
Not having a ‘clean break’ order in your divorce could prove very costly
Date: December 2010
Publication: Family Matters
Service: Family
It has recently been in the news that a gentleman who had a huge lottery win early in 2010 has had to agree to make a payment of those monies to ...
Pre-Nuptial Agreements given ‘Decisive Weight’ by the Supreme Court
Date: October 2010
Publication: Family Matters
Service: Family
This week the Supreme Court delivered its long awaited judgment in the case of Radmacher v Granatino. This much anticipated judgment strengthens the position of those choosing to enter into ...
Obtaining documents belonging to your spouse – beware!
Date: August 2010
Publication: Family Matters
Service: Family
It is frequently the case within financial proceedings on divorce that one spouse suspects the other will not or has not provided complete disclosure of his or her financial circumstances....
Spousal maintenance – how much and for how long?
Date: March 2010
Publication: Family Matters
Service: Family
One of the first questions people ask when their relationship breaks down is whether they will have to pay ongoing maintenance to their former spouse or civil partner. The answer ...
International elements of marital breakdown
Date: March 2010
Publication: Family Matters
Service: Family
In these days of budget airlines and the growth of the European Community, marriages or civil partnerships are regularly formed between people from different countries. More commonly, English couples own ...
Cohabitation – myths, pitfalls & solutions
Date: March 2010
Publication: Family Matters
Service: Family
There has been a lot of talk recently about proposed changes to the law in order to protect couples who live together but who do not marry or enter into ...
Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 (‘FMA’)
Date: March 2010
Publication: Family Matters
Service: Family
In the late 1990s there was official recognition of forced marriages and that they had to be addressed despite fear of offending cultural sensitivities. A working group report led to ...
Are pre-nuptial agreements worth the paper they are written on?
Date: September 2009
Publication: Family Matters
Service: Family
A pre-nuptial agreement is a contract entered into by a couple who plan to marry, which is intended to regulate their finances in the event their marriage breakdowns. Pre-nuptial agreements ...
So you think it’s all over… overturning court orders
Date: September 2009
Publication: Family Matters
Service: Family
A court order made in financial proceedings on divorce whether after a court hearing or agreement is final and binding and can only be overturned in very limited circumstances. It ...
Media access to the family courts – what is allowed
Date: September 2009
Publication: Family Matters
Service: Family
Since 27th April 2009, accredited media representatives have been allowed to attend proceedings in the family courts which were previously heard behind closed doors. Despite the flurry of publicity leading up ...
Looking after the future
Date: February 2009
Publication: Looking after the future
Service: Family
New Year is the time for new resolutions or so we are told. This Year, you may have made a resolution to make a new will or perhaps to make ...