Many a man battling maintenance claims from former wives will cheer at a Court of Appeal. ruling released today.
A former aid worker who attempted to claim maintenance from the now wealthy husband she divorced more than twenty years ago has lost her case. In an unanimous ruling, the
Courts can now order one party in a divorce or separation to pay the other enough money to hire a lawyer or solicitor.
Sections 49 to 51 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 provide courts ruling on divorce, separation or declarations of nullity (annulment) with
A new judgement delivered by Mrs Justice Baron, sitting with Lord Justices Thorpe and Kitchin, was published by the Court of Appeal yesterday. It involves a relatively small sum of money, but also some tricky money-based family law.
Aspden v Elvy is a Chancery case dizzying in its complexity. But what it boils down to in essence is this.
A commenter called Guy recently described his desolation after his wife announced her decision to divorce. He asked how he could delay proceedings, because he didn’t want to “lose” his children. You can read my replies to him here. He isn’t alone. Other readers face similar plights.
Today I have returned to the office after a fortnight’s holiday in Italy. I haven’t taken such a lengthy break in a couple of years. We spent a week away at Easter, but for me the time was overshadowed by a tragic event. It also turned to be a …
This post won Family Lore’s Post of the Month Award for July 2010. Yesterday the Court of Appeal made a landmark ruling that has been described as a “cheat’s charter”. You can read the details here. I must warn you in advance that this …
I am in Chicago this week; I was delighted to address the lawyers at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, the largest family law firm in the USA. The city is buzzing: in a few days’ time Oprah will close the famous Michigan Avenue – the …
With a forensic accountant as an advisor, a client can be given a swift measured opinion. Here at Stowe Family Law we have our own in-house forensic accountancy department. It happened more by accident than design. About four years ago, I had …
Settle your case on a continuing maintenance basis, and it can come back to haunt you… For many people, a financial settlement represents the final chapter in a divorce. Generally, it comes to all concerned as a huge relief. Parties can begin …
Perhaps I have been fortunate; in my experience, arguments over religious divorce between parties are swiftly resolved. The row over the Archbishop of Canterbury and his comments about the "unavoidable" introduction of parts of Sharia law has gone global.
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