Published: 11/05/2022 12:14
Tom is a financial remedy specialist barrister at QEB, with experience in trust and company disputes. He is also known for his expertise in financial provision for children, applications under TLATA 1996, and Inheritance Act disputes.
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On 29 November 2023, the Court of Appeal decided Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil CBC [2023] EWCA Civ 1416. It held that a whole generation of lawyers and judges had misunderstood Halsey v Milton Keynes General NHS Trust [2004] EWCA Civ 576, which had previously been understood to be binding authority for the proposition that the court cannot compel parties to engage in mediation.
!07/12/2023 18:27
Opportunities for resolution away from the court have never been greater – mediation, early neutral evaluation, private FDRs, arbitration – and practitioners continue to take up training in these disciplines. However, although the use of out-of-court resolution continues to increase, too many cases remain within the overburdened court system, cases for which non-court dispute resolution may be suitable.
!21/11/2023 07:00
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.
!16/10/2023 09:53
Can a declaration of non-recognition of a voidable overseas marriage, where at least one of the parties is domiciled in England and Wales, lawfully be made?
!20/09/2023 12:18
While domestic abuse is one of the issues currently at the top of the family law agenda, it is not as prominent in financial remedy work as it is in children work and professional discussion is limited.
!06/07/2022 07:09
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