Published: 28/10/2024 10:48
Emily Lennon is a current pupil barrister at 1 Hare Court and has been involved in financial remedy and private children work as a paralegal in a leading solicitors’ firm in London. Prior to this, Emily studied jurisprudence at the University of Oxford.
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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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