Grace-Mary Sweeney

Grace-Mary Sweeney

Grace-Mary Sweeney is a pupil at 1 King’s Bench Walk. Prior to joining 1KBW as a pupil, Grace-Mary worked as a paralegal at a London-based famil...

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Transplanting Costs Order Principles to LSPOs and Legal Costs Funding Orders

Transplanting Costs Order Principles to LSPOs and Legal Costs Funding Orders

In family proceedings, the court has two key tools at its disposal to address the funding of litigation. The first is via a legal services payment order (an LSPO) to meet the incurrence of future legal fees (whether the statutory jurisdiction under s 22ZA of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973

Grace-Mary Sweeney

Grace-Mary Sweeney is a pupil at 1 King’s Bench Walk. Prior to joining 1KBW as a pupil, Grace-Mary worked as a paralegal at a London-based family law firm, specialising in financial remedy, private law children, and international matters. Grace-Mary also worked as a Judicial Assistant in the Family Division