V v V (Financial Remedy Hearing) [2024] EWFC 255 (B)6 September 2024

HHJ Willans. Three-day final financial remedy hearing involving the computation of the assets available for distribution including properties in India.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Modest Asset Cases

• Katie Stephens

No Special Favours: Litigants in Person and the Financial Remedies Court

Although not impacted in the same way as private law children proceedings by the restrictions on access to justice brought about the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, which came into force on 1 April 2013, there are many parties who represent themselves in financial remedy proceedings, sometimes due to cost and sometimes by choice.

• Blog

• Litigants in Person

• Nicholas Allen KC
• Rhys Taylor | Vice Chair of the Editorial Board & Journal Editor

!23/10/2024 10:35

GH v GH – FDRs Are Not to Be Dispensed With

If ever there were any doubts as to the importance of the FDR appointment and the parties’ attendance at one, then Mr Justice Peel has unequivocally put those doubts to rest in his judgment in GH v GH [2024] EWFC 272.

• Blog

• FDRs

• Emma Kelly

!21/10/2024 22:38

Standish v Standish [2024] EWCA Civ 56723 May 2024

Landmark decision where Court of Appeal reduces W’s award by £20 million. Lord Justice Moylan, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Phillips.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Sharing
• Gifts
• Matrimonialisation
• Tax
• Autonomy
• Trusts

• Sophia Paraskeva

Are You Guilty of Money-Laundering? A Tale of Chinese Cotton, Lawyer’s Fees and Unintended Consequences

It is not often that a family law blog warns ordinary hard-working honest family lawyers that they might be unwitting criminals. This is that blog. You should read it.

• Blog

• Money Laundering

• Andrzej Bojarski KC

!17/09/2024 10:43