Law Commission
Financial Remedies – Next Steps on the Road to Reform?
On 18 December 2024 the Law Commission published its Scoping Report on financial remedies on divorce and dissolution. The Scoping Report sets out their findings that the current law does not provide a cohesive framework in which couples going through a divorce can expect fair and sufficiently certain outcomes.
- Journal
- Reform
- Maintenance
- Conduct
- Law Commission
- Pensions
- Nuptial Agreements
- Financial Remedies
!18/03/2025 06:00
Reflections on the Law Commission Paper Financial remedies on divorce and dissolution: a scoping report published on 18 December 2024
Whilst the figures do vary from year to year, a broad perusal of the official statistics suggests that each year in England and Wales approximately 250,000 couples get married and approximately 100,000 applications for a divorce (formerly divorce petitions) are made.
- Journal
- Law Commission
- Scoping Report
!18/03/2025 06:00
Principles vs Resources: Conduct and the Law Commission Scoping Report
The Law Commission’s long awaited scoping report on financial remedies was published on 18 December 2024. It concludes that the law relating to financial remedy should be reformed. We asked the Law Commission to clarify whether their concerns in respect of the fairness of the outcomes was restricted to litigants who had experienced domestic abuse in their marriage.
- Journal
- Conduct
- Law Commission
!18/03/2025 06:00
Reflections on the Law Commission Scoping Report in Relation to Pensions on Divorce
Chapter 10 of the Law Commission’s Scoping Report is devoted solely to pensions, an issue to which its terms of reference specifically refer. The report makes for concerning reading; it notes that many divorcing couples separate without a pension sharing arrangement in place and that some do not even consider their spouse’s pensions in negotiations.
- Journal
- Law Commission
- Pensions
- Scoping Report
!18/03/2025 06:00
A New Weddings Law – the Law Commission’s Proposals
The Law Commission are proposing far-reaching changes to the law in relation to marriage and weddings. In this article Peter Martin addresses the core issues.
- Blog
- Reform
- Nullity
- Law Commission
- Marriage
- Ceremony
- Validity
!03/08/2022 11:51
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