Published: 03/03/2023 11:00
Dr Sharon Thompson is Reader in Law at Cardiff University and is author of Prenuptial Agreements and the Presumption of Free Choice (Hart 2015), Quiet Revolutionaries (Hart 2022), and co-author of the 5th edition of Family Law: Text, Cases, and Materials (OUP 2023) with Prof. Rob George and Prof. Jo Miles.
Historically inter partes costs orders in financial remedies proceedings have been as common as hens’ teeth, for the very simple reason that the current costs rules largely preclude them being made. Thus FPR 28.3 provides so far as is material:&lsqu…
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Non-essential office tech that can transform your work. How to sort the tech needs from the tech thneeds.The Lorax, you’ll know exactly what I mean, if not: ‘A thing that is not required yet is purchased in great amounts anyways’ (www.ur…
!27/03/2023 09:51
The Duxbury formula seeks to ascertain a capital amount which if invested to achieve capital growth and income yield (both at assumed rates and after tax on the yield and required gains) could be drawn down in equal inflation-proofed instalments over a period of time (often the recipient’s life expectancy) but would be completely exhausted at the end of the period.
!27/03/2023 09:12
Dr Andy Hayward reviews Quiet Revolutionaries: The Married Women’s Association and Family Law, by Sharon Thompson (Hart Publishing, 2022).
!27/03/2023 09:54
It is now 10 years since the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) came into force. Reflecting back, the obvious impact on my firm’s practice has been the reduction in the number of financial remedy cases we deal with wh…
!27/03/2023 09:41
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