Published: 13/05/2025 09:11
Matthew Richardson is a barrister and mediator at Coram Chambers, specialising in financial remedies on divorce and separation. Matthew is a well-known lecturer and writer on complex family law issues such as pensions on divorce as well as ‘beyond the law’ matters such as psychology and wellbeing.
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On Wednesday 30 April 2025 I was sat at home in London, feeling somewhat retired but eager to know what the Supreme Court has to say about matrimonialisation of property and the sharing principle. So too were Mr and Mrs Standish.
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The publication of the Pension Advisory Group (PAG2) guidance in December 2023 marked the end of another lengthy and significant piece of interdisciplinary work by experienced practitioners in the field of pensions on divorce. The aim of this piece is to focus just on the material changes in what is now referred to as the PAG2 guide.
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!09/05/2025 09:04
HHJ Hess. High-profile Schedule 1 Final Hearing between Lauryn Goodman and Kyle Walker in which the judge made transparency orders in accordance with the guidance set out in the Transparency Reporting Pilot for Financial Remedy Proceedings.
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