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Judicial Immunity: an Update
A decision in Australia in August 2023 held that a family court judge at first instance had no judicial immunity when taking a decision outside his power and distinctive family court jurisdiction and was liable in damages to one of the parties. I wrote an extensive article and commentary for the Financial Remedy Journal. The case has now gone to appeal to Australia’s highest court, and it has been held that the previous decision was wrong and the judge and others acting on his orders do have immunity. This important decision may well be followed in other common law jurisdictions. This summarises the position.
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- Judicial Immunity
!06/05/2025 07:00
Legal Research, AI and the Canary in the Mineshaft
One of the sobering experiences of training to be a lawyer – the dawning realisation that it isn’t all dramatic cross-examination and fighting for the underdog – is legal research. Like learning a new language (let’s say, German), it’s a long and often tedious process. Some trainees, admittedly, seem to enjoy the tedium more than others. I was firmly in the ‘not enjoying this tedium’ camp.
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- AI
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BR v BR [2025] EWFC 884 April 2025
Peel J. Final Hearing in Ultra High Net Worth FR case involving valuations of complex business structures.
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- Sharing Principle
- Company Valuations
- Wells Sharing
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GH v IH [2025] EWFC 120 (B)10 April 2025
District Judge Hatvany. Final hearing on enforcement and variation of 2012 financial remedy order. The primary issue to be determined was the enforcement and variation of a joint lives periodical payments order made in 2012.
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- Periodical Payments
- Variation
- Duxbury Capitalisation
- Needs
- Enforcement
Child Maintenance and Mortgage Payments – New Guidance: LM v SSWP & NM [2024] UKUT 259 (AAC)
What happens if the Child Maintenance Service has determined that a non-resident parent is required to pay child maintenance to the parent-with-care, but payments are also being made towards the mortgage secured on the property in which PWC still lives with the qualifying child/children? Does it matter if the property is jointly owned by NRP and PWC? Will those mortgage payments reduce the amount of child maintenance?
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- Mortgages
- Child Maintenance
!29/11/2024 06:00
