Final Reflections on Standish: Was It All Worthwhile?

If asked, Mr Standish may say that three rounds of litigation, with another to follow, were worth it – Mrs Standish, perhaps not. But for lawyers, with many questions left unanswered, and a feeling that the opportunity to settle the law on matrimonialisation with clarity and certainty has passed us by, it may not have been worthwhile.

• Blog

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Matrimonialisation

• Calum Smith

!09/07/2025 10:15

The Challenges of Dealing with Overseas Pensions on Divorce

Pension rights that have been accrued in overseas territories by divorcing parties present a number of challenges for practitioners where proceedings take place within this jurisdiction. This article explores some of the pitfalls that might arise and the issues that practitioners need to consider.

• Journal

• Pensions
• PAG
• Overseas

• Beverley Morris
• Jonathan Galbraith

!30/06/2025 06:00

Is Duxbury Dead?

The Spring 2025 issue of this journal led off with the eagerly awaited, 21-page Final Report of the Duxbury Working Party. As one would expect from its distinguished authors, the report is engaging, well written and skilfully argued, but Peter Duckworth here explains his reasons for thinking that its conclusion – that we need to go on using the Duxbury model – is wrong.

• Journal

• Duxbury Capitalisation

• Peter Duckworth

!30/06/2025 06:00

The Summary of the Summaries (Summer 2025)

Summaries of recent cases including FI v DO [2024] EWFC 384 (B) (final hearing in financial remedy case involving which party should keep the family dog, a golden retriever puppy), XY v XX [2024] EWFC 387 (B) (application brought by H to set aside on the basis of a ‘mutual mistake’ of the parties which presented the court with inaccurate computational figures) and Vince v Vince [2024] EWFC 389.

• Journal

• Liam Kelly

!30/06/2025 06:00

Re-multiplied Propagation

In this article Sir Nicholas Mostyn refers to those financial remedy cases heard in private to which s 12 Administration of Justice Act 1960 does not apply as mainstream financial remedy cases. As is well-known, s 12 imposes an automatic restriction on publishing the details of any financial remedy case which is mainly about child maintenance. The great majority of financial remedy cases are not protected by s 12.

• Journal

• Transparency
• Privacy
• Reporting

• Sir Nicholas Mostyn

!28/05/2025 10:00