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In Defence of Legal Fee Loans: The Economics of Access to Justice
The recent High Court judgment of Peel J in ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ท ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ [2025] EWFC 89 has renewed focus on the role of legal fee lending in family proceedings. This coincides with significant judicial commentary about funding arrangements, including notable judgments in ๐๐๐ ๐ท ๐๐๐ and ๐๐ ๐ท ๐๐.
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 โ 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,
OS v DT and Post-Separation Income: Fairness Trumps Inflexibility
In โPost-Separation Income: Has Rossi Survived Waggott and Standish?โ (5 February 2025), Nicholas Allen KC considered the potential impact of Waggott v Waggott [2018] 2 FLR 406 on the argument that income (or the assets or capital generated therefrom) earned in or referable to the first 12 months post-separation should