Schedule 1 Property Structures

The main focus in cases under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 is often on how to meet the housing needs of a child; understandably so, as it is usually the largest cost. It can also be the starting point for settlement as the type of property and loca…

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• Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications

• Jemma Pollock
• Rebecca Fisher
• Pieter Boodt

!06/07/2022 07:07

Vince v Vince: Every Cloud Has a Green Lining

On Friday, 17 January 2024, Mr Justice Cusworth handed down the judgment of *Vince v Vince* [2024] EWFC 389 (Fam), which addresses a number of pertinent issues concerning business valuations, arguments over the duration of the marital partnership and whether pre- or post-marital endeavour warrants a departure from the sharing principle. This article aims to summarise the main points and issues raised by both parties, together with some helpful guidance provided by Cusworth J.

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• Expert Business Valuations
• Marital-Partnership
• Pre and Post-Marital Endeavour

• Amelia Alston
• Laura Couves

!26/03/2025 07:00

Let’s Be Clear: The Transparency Reporting Pilot for Financial Remedy Proceedings

One of the most important considerations for anyone with significant wealth, or who has a public profile and who is getting divorced, is the subject of confidentiality and privacy. It is often a key factor of any such client who is considering where and how to get divorced, and it is something matrimonial solicitors have in mind in the first meeting they have with their client. Balanced against that is the push towards increasing transparency within our family justice system, the purpose of which being to promote accountability and public confidence in the same.

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• Transparency

• Sarah Jane Lenihan
• Laura Couves

!28/03/2025 07:00

FI v DO [2024] EWFC 384 (B)20 December 2025

District Judge Crisp. Final Hearing in FR case involving which party should keep the family dog, a golden retriever puppy, ‘N’.

• Cases

• William Foulkes

Stamp Duty Land Tax and Divorce

This is sometimes the forgotten tax on divorce. Maybe this is fair enough as there is a pretty clear exemption in tax law that states that stamp duty land tax (SDLT) will not apply to transfers pursuant to divorce.

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• Stamp Duty
• Tax
• Land

• Sofia Thomas

!10/02/2025 23:53