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Sarah Higgins, CRSB LawPension sharing in a needs case (W v H (divorce financial remedies) [2020] EWFC B10). The court gives consideration to the Pension Advisory Group report. The judge in this case...
Simon Bruce, Farrer & CoSettling cases is rewarding for a family lawyer.Sometimes we need help in doing so, in particular the help of a lawyer/mediator adept at finding an imaginative solution in...
Professor Kim Holt, Professor of Family Law Northumbria University/Barrister at Trinity ChambersProfessor Nancy Kelly, Professor of Judgment and Decision Making in Social Work, Northumbria...
Chris Walklett, FCAFamily lawyers across the country are grappling with the impacts of the Covid-19 on the process of executing and managing family cases. Hand in hand with the health impacts of...
James Dove, Harcourt ChambersChristopher Miller, FourteenDavid Sharp, FourteenIf you are unlucky enough to be an orphan, you may be unlucky enough to have no other family member or friend willing or...
Tourism over the summer months has become the impossible dream. But "tourism" in the sense of where to gain the best outcome for spousal maintenance is here to stay. That is the net effect of the...
Villiers v Villiers [2020] UKSC 30 is a highly unusual but important family law case about the respective powers of the Scottish and English courts.The factsMr and Mrs Villiers married in 1994. They...
An increasing number of couples have more than one marriage ceremony – one legal and one non-legal. Perhaps they have a civil ceremony before jetting off to an exotic location for their wedding,...
The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill (session 2019-2021) received royal assent on 25 June 2020 as the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020....
The scale of domestic abuse has increased during the COVID-19 lockdown period. Whilst an increase was predicted by experts in this field and echoed in the media, there is a no surprise that the...