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GH v GH – FDRs Are Not to Be Dispensed With
If ever there were any doubts as to the importance of the FDR appointment and the parties’ attendance at one, then Mr Justice Peel has unequivocally put those doubts to rest in his judgment in GH v GH [2024] EWHC 2547 (Fam).
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- FDRs
!21/10/2024 22:38
A 40-Year Revolution in Financial Remedies
Mr Justice Moor considers the fundamental transformation of financial remedy work since he undertook his first ever case on 19 July 1983 in the Edmonton County Court, just over 41 years ago.
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- At A Glance
!16/10/2024 11:11
At A Glance Conference 2024: Conference Report
A report from the At A Glance Conference 2024, the flagship financial remedy conference which took place on Wednesday 9 October 2024, chaired by Peel J.
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- At A Glance
!16/10/2024 11:00
At A Glance Conference 2024: Live Updates
Minute-by-minute updates from the 2024 At A Glance Conference, as it happened.
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- At A Glance
!16/10/2024 09:48
AI and Family Law
AI has the real likelihood of transforming the practice of family law solicitors more than the major conceptual changes from the Children Act, the seismic shift from White or the speed of response needed from lis pendens of EU law – a transformation which will happen fast even in the slow-moving, conservative legal profession.
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- AI
!14/10/2024 13:05
Resolution’s Report on Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings: An Overview of the Key Findings and Recommendations
This blog piece has been timed to coincide with the publication, on 8 October 2024, of the report by Resolution on ‘Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings’. This groundbreaking report delves into the interplay between domestic abuse and the treatment of finances on separation and divorce/dissolution, and how domestic abuse is addressed in other financial proceedings.
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- Domestic Abuse
!08/10/2024 12:45
Delaying a Divorce Because of Financial Prejudice: The New No-fault Law and Practice
There can be real loss and prejudice in some divorce cases if the final divorce order, previously the decree absolute, is granted before the final financial settlement and its implementation in circumstances when the paying party then dies.
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- Journal
- divorce
!07/10/2024 22:10
Report of the Duxbury Working Party (provisional), September 2024
The Duxbury Working Party have just released their provisional report. It has been prepared without any prior public consultation and is published provisionally to allow interested parties to respond. Responses should be emailed to j.rainer@qeb.co.uk by 1 November 2024 and will be considered by the Working Party ahead of publication of their final report which is intended to be on 15 November 2024.
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- Duxbury Capitalisation
!02/10/2024 13:31
Till Debt Do Us Part: Bankruptcy and Financial Remedies
Financial remedies practitioners are well-accustomed to advising parties in straitened financial circumstances. Often the central question is how to stretch the available resources to ensure both parties have a roof over their heads. However, when one or both parties find themselves in serious financial difficulty, a less familiar issue may arise: the interplay between the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.
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- Bankruptcy
!01/10/2024 08:00
Who’s Courtney? And Is She Helpful?
On 10 September 2024, the first ever audio-visual legal library – demonstrating the key hearings and processes in English financial family law – arrived. Twenty years after YouTube landed, it is now possible to view the practical activity within an FDR, for example. Unlike the well-known digital libraries supplied by the international publishing giants, this library is available to all, not just those within/studying the law.
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- Tech Corner
!27/09/2024 08:00
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