Living under an LSPO

Life in receipt of an LSPO is no bed of roses. This article reflects on this aspect in the context of the developing jurisprudence on such orders and to anticipate developments that might be required to make them manageable.

• Journal

• Legal Services Payment Orders

• Henry Hood
• Amy Scollan

!05/06/2023 09:00

Rose v Rose & Ors [2022] EWFC 19225 November 2022

His Honour Judge Booth (sitting as a Judge of the High Court pursuant to s 9 SCA 1981).How should the court ‘deal with a respondent husband who has been dishonest throughout, has failed to comply with court orders, has failed to provide relevant fin…

• Cases

• Variation of Settlements
• Trusts
• Conduct

• Calum Smith

Joanne Lewis v Cunningtons Solicitors [2023] EWHC 822 (KB)31 March 2023

HHJ Coe KC. Successful negligence claim in relation to pensions advice on divorce.The Claimant, after receiving some advice from the Defendants, but in the absence of full disclosure, entered into direct discussions with her husband and then instructed th…

• Cases

• Pensions on Divorce
• Professional Negligence

• Polly Morgan | Case Editor

James v Seymour: The Calculator

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…

• Blog

• Child Maintenance

• Dom Christophers

!29/05/2023 08:00

Cryptoasset Fraud and Recovery - Disclosure and Constructive Trusteeship Through Knowledge / Assistance: The (Financial) Empire Strikes Back

Since HHJ Pelling KC was persuaded to make, amongst other orders, without notice Bankers Trust Orders against two Binance entities in 2021 requiring them to disclose their Know Your Customer details of those alleged to have committed a fraud against the Claimant, there have been many subsequent applications for similar orders against cryptoasset exchanges brought by those who have suffered fraudulent deprivation of their assets.

• Blog

• Crypto

• Helen Brander

!31/05/2023 10:57