Judgments are normally published because there is some aspect of the case that is considered to be of interest to family lawyers and others concerned with family justice. But sometimes a case may be of interest for a number of reasons. And so it was with the judgment...
As any family lawyer will attest, court proceedings can be prohibitively expensive. And this is especially so when it comes to contested financial remedy proceedings on divorce. Of course, if a party has substantial means then the cost of such proceedings may not be...
Before the court can make a financial remedies order on divorce it will obviously first require full details of the financial assets of both parties, so that it can decide upon a fair settlement. The parties are therefore under a duty to make full and frank disclosure...
It is obviously not unusual that one party to a marriage will contribute much more financially to the marriage than the other party. Not unnaturally, that party may believe that that contribution should entitle them to a greater share of the assets on divorce. But the...
It has recently been announced that the Law Commission has been asked by the Ministry of Justice to undertake a review of the law which determines how finances are divided between couples at the end of their marriage or civil partnership. The Government has requested...
