Barrister
1983
Deputy District Judge
Arbitrator
British
English
Trinity Chambers
The Custom House 39 The Quayside,
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3DE
Trinity Chambers
0191 2321927
07825311500
North East; North West
Big Money Cases; Child Maintenance / Financial Disputes; Civil Partnership; Cohabitation Claims; Family, Small Business; Farms; UK Pensions
275/hour
Yes
No
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James Turner KC, who has died aged 72, was a titan of the bar. In an increasingly specialised legal world, he had a uniquely broad practice for a family barrister: financial remedies, child abduction, divorce, crime, judicial review, medical disciplinary work and administrative law.
!24/01/2025 10:42
In Rossi v Rossi [2007] 1 FLR 790 Nicholas Mostyn QC adopted a formulaic approach in relation to ‘a post-separation bonus or other earned income’. He stated that ‘[a]lthough there is an element of arbitrariness’ he would not allow a post-separation bonus to be classed as non-matrimonial ‘unless it related to a period which commenced at least 12 months after the separation’.
!05/02/2025 11:51
What happens if the Child Maintenance Service has determined that a non-resident parent is required to pay child maintenance to the parent-with-care, but payments are also being made towards the mortgage secured on the property in which PWC still lives with the qualifying child/children? Does it matter if the property is jointly owned by NRP and PWC? Will those mortgage payments reduce the amount of child maintenance?
!29/11/2024 06:00
Landmark decision where Court of Appeal reduces W’s award by £20 million. Lord Justice Moylan, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Phillips.
DJ Worthley. Final hearing in a financial relief claim brought by W 8 years after the parties separated.
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