Demeanour and Denial (or Don’t Mention the Data)

In his groundbreaking 1925 work, Die Verneinung, psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud postulated the existence of the psychological defence mechanism ‘denial’, whereby facts too painful to process or accept are rejected. Examples of its applications abound.

• Journal

• Fact-Finding
• Witness Evidence
• Demeanour
• Evidence Given Remotely

• Brent Molyneux
• Nicholas Bennett
• Madeleine Whelan

!22/11/2024 06:00

The Winds of Change – Case Management and the Financial Remedies Court

Once upon a time, not so long ago, ‘ancillary relief’ was something of a legal backwater. Cases were determined solely by reference to ‘reasonable requirements’. Procedural rules, to the extent they existed, were short and loosely applied. Parties filed narrative affidavits of means and answered requests for further and better particulars.

• Journal

• Procedure
• Financial Remedies

• Alexander Chandler KC

!22/11/2024 06:00

Helliwell v Entwistle [2024] EWHC 740 (Fam)16 February 2024

Francis J. A ‘paradigm case’ of how not to conduct litigation in a short childless marriage.

• Cases

• Agreements
• Short Marriage

• Rebekah Batt

KD v SD [2024] EWFC 334 (B)18 November 2024

District Judge Hatvany. Final hearing in a needs case concerning a relatively short marriage where the breadwinner and main financial contributor is now also the primary carer for the children.

• Cases

• Contributions
• Needs
• Short Marriage

• Rebekah Batt

Dangers of Applying PSOs Determined Using pre-McCloud CEVs on ‘McCloud compliant’ CEVs

Those working in the Pensions on Divorce arena (whether PODEs, solicitors or scheme administrators) will by now be all too familiar with the McCloud ruling, and how much additional work this has caused for cases involving public sector pension schemes.

• Blog

• Pensions on Divorce

• Rahim Rashid

!21/11/2024 08:55