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Graeme Fraser’s A–Z of Cohabitation
Graeme Fraser needs no introduction in the cohabitation world. This is his A–Z of Cohabitation.
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- Cohabitation
!27/10/2023 10:15
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Final Hearings: a User’s Guide
This article is intended as aide memoire of the various procedural, professional and legal rules that should be borne in mind at a final hearing. It is not intended as a counsel of perfection, but rather a reminder of certain things which we do not encounter on a weekly basis.
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- Family Procedure Rules
!26/10/2023 07:00
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London – ‘Divorce Capital of the World’?
A speech placing a spotlight on the legislation which currently governs post-divorce financial awards in England and Wales, the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, which marks its milestone 50th birthday this year.
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- divorce
!25/10/2023 09:43
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Is It Time to Consign the ‘Gasp’ Factor to the History Books?
In the private law arena, the Family Court has taken huge strides forward in its understanding and approach to coercive control, following the landmark case of Re H-N and Others (Children) (Domestic Abuse: Finding of Fact Hearings) [2021] EWCA Civ 448. We know now that domestic abuse and coercive control is linked with poorer financial outcomes for victim-survivors and their children, and that the harm victim-survivors experience is caused by coercion and control – not only by the severity of the injury from a specific incident.
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- Coercive Control
- Domestic Abuse
!18/10/2023 14:23
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The Valediction of Sir Nicholas Mostyn: The Abdication of the Monarch of the Mountainous Principality of Court 50
On 4 October 2023 in his court, Court 50 of the Royal Court of Justice, surrounded by family, friends, colleagues (and the Lord and Lady Justices from the ‘dark side’) the financial remedy world said farewell to Sir Nicholas Mostyn, and he to us.
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- Mostyn
!16/10/2023 09:53
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At a Glance Conference
On 11 October 2023 financial remedy practitioners from around the country attended the epic Class Legal At a Glance annual conference, sponsored by 3PB Barristers. A report from Amy Beddis.
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- At A Glance
!13/10/2023 11:28
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James v Seymour – Now a Barder Event?
A change in the law may be unforeseen but will other judges agree with Cobb J that a change of judicial direction is unforeseeable?
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- Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)
- Barder Applications
!11/10/2023 15:16
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Honesty – a Barrister’s Primary Code of Conduct
In financial remedy work, negotiating with opposing counsel is a daily occurrence and essential to the exercise is the premise that neither barrister will seek to mislead the other in the process.
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!09/10/2023 21:14
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Advice for the Young at Heart
Pupillages are commencing. There was recently some chatter in my chambers about what a family law pupil should have read or at least be aware of. Engaging though this conversation was, it got me thinking about what advice is not to be obviously found in t…
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- Pupillages
!05/10/2023 22:47
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BF v LE [2023] EWHC 2009 (Fam) – When Will a Lack of Special Measures Lead to a Judgment Being Set Aside?
Lieven J considered and refused an appeal made on two grounds: (a) lack of capacity; and (b) that contrary to FPR 3A and PD 3AA, no participation directions had been put in place for the wife at the final hearing despite her vulnerability, such that the final hearing had not been Article 6 ECHR compliant.
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- Special Measures
- Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)
!02/10/2023 08:51