Interview with Baroness Hale

Whether you know her as ‘the Beyoncé of the legal world’, (as she was introduced at the Women in Law dinner in Manchester in March 2024) or ‘call me Brenda’ (as she modestly introduces herself), Baroness Hale of Richmond is an exceptional woman and an exceptional lawyer. Here she is interviewed by Samantha Hillas KC.

• Journal

• Interview

• Lady Brenda Hale
• Samantha Hillas KC

!01/07/2024 07:00

The Summary of the Summaries (Summer 2024)

Liam Kelly summarises recent cases including BR v BR [2024] EWFC 11, PF v QF [2024] EWFC 10, Savage v Savage [2024] EWCA Civ 49 and others.

• Journal

• Liam Kelly

!01/07/2024 07:00

Where there’s a Wells there’s a Way

The 2018 Court of Appeal judgments in Versteegh v Versteegh [2018] EWCA Civ 1050 and Martin v Martin [2018] EWCA Civ 2866 appeared to signal that Wells sharing was falling out of favour. More recently, however, judges seem more open to it.

• Journal

• Wells Sharing

• Richard Kershaw
• Anna Roiser

!01/07/2024 07:00

Implications of the Changing Non-domicile Regime

On 6 March 2024, the Government announced a major overhaul of the regime for the taxation of non-doms in the United Kingdom. These changes will impact all high net worth UK residents whose domicile for tax purposes is outside the UK (‘non-doms’) but may have a particularly significant impact on non-doms divorcing in the UK.

• Journal

• Domicile

• Sofia Thomas
• Josephine Kensah

!01/07/2024 07:00

Tech Corner: Ethical AI for Family Lawyers

A conversation between Kay Firth-Butterfield and Rhys Taylor.

• Journal

• Tech Corner
• AI
• Professional Ethics

• Kay Firth-Butterfield
• Rhys Taylor | Vice Chair of the Editorial Board & Journal Editor

!01/07/2024 07:00

Reform of Financial Provision on Divorce

After much hesitation and delay, both from the government and the profession, it seems that at last the Law Commission will set to reforming the law of financial provision on divorce. The significant problems of this area were addressed, but not completely resolved, in the Law Commission report Matrimonial Property Needs & Agreements.

• Journal

• divorce
• Reasonable Financial Provision

• Baroness Deech

!01/07/2024 07:00

Proving Foreign Law in Financial Remedy Proceedings

Foreign law often rears its head in financial remedy proceedings with an international element. Issues of foreign law need not cause panic or confusion provided they are identified and appropriately case managed early in the proceedings. The trouble is, often they are not.

• Journal

• Foreign Assets

• Roxane Reiser

!01/07/2024 07:00

Chair’s Column (Summer 2024)

I am delighted to see from a perusal of the latest statistics on the use of the range of FRC-related resources on the FRJ website that the vision of providing the ‘go to’ place for financial remedies practitioners has become a reality.

• Journal

• HHJ Edward Hess | Chair of the Editorial Board

!01/07/2024 07:00

Dame Jennifer Roberts: An Appreciation

On 13 June 2024 a packed Lady Chief Justice’s Court was the scene of affectionate tributes to Mrs Justice Roberts, known to all as Jenny, who died on 10 June 2024. The sadness evident on that occasion and in writing an obituary for Jenny is mingled with the pleasure of recalling such a fine and lovely person.

• Blog
• Journal

• Obituaries

!18/06/2024 13:42

Source not Title: Some First Reflections on Standish

On 15 and 16 November 2023, Standish v Standish came before a Court of Appeal comprising King, Moylan and Phillips LJJ. 189 days later, Moylan LJ delivered the court’s unanimous decision: Mrs Standish’s (‘W’) appeal was dismissed, and Mr Standish’s (‘H’) appeal allowed, subject to the matter being remitted for a needs-based assessment of W’s claims.

• Journal

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Matrimonialisation

• Calum Smith

!31/05/2024 09:32