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The Other Half
Solicitors acting for clients in divorce and financial proceedings have a symbiotic relationship with those clients. They provide the solicitors with fees, which are the lifeblood of any law firm, and in turn the solicitors provide the clients with advice and legal representation at one of the most fraught periods of their life.
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!21/11/2023 07:00
Tech Corner: NeedsMet
Whether we like it or not, the age of ‘do-it-yourself’ divorce is here.
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!21/11/2023 07:00
London – ‘Divorce Capital of the World’?
A speech placing a spotlight on the legislation which currently governs post-divorce financial awards in England and Wales, the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, which marks its milestone 50th birthday this year.
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!25/10/2023 09:43
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J v A [2023] EWFC 13221 July 2023
H's application for a stay of the English divorce proceedings commenced by W, in favour of his competing Nigerian divorce petition.
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AR v BR [2023] EWFC 7613 March 2023
HHJ Lynn Roberts. Divorce proceedings concerning UK nationals who relocated to Dubai in 2020. W commenced divorce proceedings in England. H did not dispute the divorce, but proceeded to say that he did not agree jurisdiction. H later began divorce proceed…
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DR Corner: The Drive for Gender Diversity in Private FDRs
Pressures on court time and the increasing use of remote courts over the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the increasing popularity and success of Private FDRs within (and instead of) financial remedy proceedings within the last 5 years.A Private FDR is a &l…
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!27/03/2023 09:50
Fair Shares? Sorting Out Money and Property on Divorce
For the 100,000 couples who divorce annually in England and Wales, the financial arrangements they make can determine the future standard of living that they and their children will have. Yet, only a third of them use the legal system to reach a financial settlement, with the remaining two-thirds negotiating their own arrangements or, worse, reaching no settlement at all. Despite numerous calls to reform the law on this issue, very little is known about the detail of how couples negotiate settlements, or of how these work out.
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!27/03/2023 09:45
Depletion of Business Profits and Assets During Separation and Divorce Proceedings – Would it Have Happened Anyway?
This article is written from the perspective of the business valuation expert. We often see business profits and assets deplete over the period of separation and during divorce proceedings. The question is to what extent this can/could have been controlled by the business owner (and usually shareholder/director in owner-managed businesses) and what was due to circumstances outside their control. Would the depletion of assets and profits have happened anyway if not for the divorce?
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!27/03/2023 09:17
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Parveen v Hussain and the Queen’s Proctor [2022] EWCA Civ 14344 November 2022
Moylan, Asplin and Stuart-Smith LJJ. W was domiciled in Pakistan when her former husband pronounced talaq while in England. The talaq decree issued by a British mosque was certified by the Pakistani authorities as valid in Pakistan. W then married H in Pa…
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SA v FA [2022] EWFC 1159 September 2022
HHJ Hess. Judgment concerning divorce proceedings, domicile and the most appropriate forum.The parties met and married in England; the W was originally from South Africa. They had moved to the UAE in 2008 and remained there due to the H’s job; both appear…
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