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Cryptoasset Fraud and Recovery - Disclosure and Constructive Trusteeship Through Knowledge / Assistance: The (Financial) Empire Strikes Back
Since HHJ Pelling KC was persuaded to make, amongst other orders, without notice Bankers Trust Orders against two Binance entities in 2021 requiring them to disclose their Know Your Customer details of those alleged to have committed a fraud against the Claimant, there have been many subsequent applications for similar orders against cryptoasset exchanges brought by those who have suffered fraudulent deprivation of their assets.
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- Crypto
!31/05/2023 10:57
James v Seymour: The Calculator
As helpfully summarised by Calum Smith on the FRJ website Mostyn J’s judgment in James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam) 675 included a renewed attempt to tackle how Child Maintenance should be calculated, effectively refining the methodology first se…
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- Child Maintenance
!29/05/2023 08:00
Pensions on Divorce – Standard Family Order Template
This article relates to the publication of the new pension sharing order (PSO) template at paragraph number 95 in the Standard Family Orders suite.
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- Pensions on Divorce
!17/05/2023 16:22
How Private FDRs Can Be Improved
As family lawyers, we are good at some things; less so at others. Our strong suit is thinking creatively and holistically in finding a solution to any given case. We are comfortable with the concept of discretion; or at least we become so after a few years' experience of how the courts actually deal with financial remedy claims.
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- Private FDR
!12/05/2023 22:44
Child Maintenance Top-Ups – an Update Following James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam)
The quantum of child maintenance is an area of considerable contention, particularly in the context that there are now around 629,000 taxpayers earning more than £150,000. This is a 2.3 times increase since the statutory ceiling was introduced some 10 years ago.
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- Child Maintenance
- Top-Ups
!06/05/2023 15:27
Do Not Sign It Unless You Intend to Be Bound By Its Terms
This is often the wording we see on the front of all well drafted pre-nuptial agreements. So why do clients sign them if they intend to try wriggle out of them at the time of a divorce?
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- Pre-Nuptial Agreements
!20/04/2023 22:43
The Trusty Trio – the Dictionaries
It doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as when ‘2 becomes 1’ (sorry, I couldn’t resist a trip down memory lane to my Spice Girl days), but the day has arrived: when two becomes three. The dictionary family has gained a third mus…
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- Book Review
!13/04/2023 20:47
There Are Two “Keeping It Out of Court” Consultations That Need Your Urgent Attention
I’m Jo O’Sullivan and as a non-court family law practitioner, I declare an interest. Last year I published a book called (Almost) Anything But Family Court (edited by Only Mums&Dads). This is the mantra that dominates my view of this area of l…
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- Mediation
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
!12/04/2023 21:43
Déjà Vu with Public Sector Pension CEVs Being Suspended – Again
At the risk of sounding like Brenda from Bristol, when informed Theresa May had called a General Election, and saying, “You’re joking. Not another one,” it was only a matter of time. Those of you who have been dealing with finances on di…
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- Pensions on Divorce
!11/04/2023 11:27
Time to have your say!
The early resolution of private family law arrangements consultation is currently open for comments until 25 May 2023. It is an important opportunity to respond to possible rule changes to aid promotion of early and out of court resolution in money and private law children cases.
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- Out of Court Dispute Resolution Options
- Family Procedure Rules
- MIAMs
!05/04/2023 09:20
