Order 4.8 – Appointment of a Receiver Order
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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 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘷 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 [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 𝘋𝘚𝘋 𝘷 𝘔𝘑𝘞 and 𝘓𝘐 𝘷 𝘍𝘛.
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,
OS v DT and Post-Separation Income: Fairness Trumps Inflexibility
In ‘Post-Separation Income: Has Rossi Survived Waggott and Standish?’ (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