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What Does Equality of Pension Capital Mean?

What Does Equality of Pension Capital Mean?

I started writing expert witness reports around 2005 and, right from the start, a regular question was, ‘Should we seek equality of income or equality of capital?’ Letters of Instruction regularly ask the expert to calculate ‘The pension sharing order required to achieve (i) equality of income and (ii) in

Pensions on Divorce – Standard Family Order Template and Short Marriages

Pensions on Divorce – Standard Family Order Template and Short Marriages

This article deals with two points. The first relates to the publication of the new pension sharing order (PSO) template at paragraph number 95 in the Standard Family Orders suite. The second relates to the issue of short marriages in the context of pensions on divorce. The new Standard Family

Cohabitation Rights in England and Wales, Scotland and Australia

Cohabitation Rights in England and Wales, Scotland and Australia

Introduction Across the globe, the composition of families is changing. No longer is marriage the definitive means for defining a family; we have seen the growth of other formalised relationship statuses such as registered partnerships and civil unions. The family outside marriage has now become a statistical reality and something

What Family Lawyers Need to Know about Valuing Mixed Property Portfolios in Financial Remedy Proceedings

What Family Lawyers Need to Know about Valuing Mixed Property Portfolios in Financial Remedy Proceedings

Introduction Over the past decade, a number of cases have come before the Family Court involving property portfolios. These cases have ranged from the seminal case of Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd & Ors [2013] UKSC 34 through to the case of ND (By her Litigation Friend) v GD [2021]

Has the Sign on the Blind Alley Been Lifted? The Possible Return of Compensation

Has the Sign on the Blind Alley Been Lifted? The Possible Return of Compensation

The concept of compensation in financial remedy proceedings has, since its inception in 2006, been a divisive principle. On the one hand, it is a principle that underpins the very reason that the justice system exists: to compel restitution; on the other hand, it can be seen to be a

Are You There ChatGPT? It’s Me, Charlotte – ChatGPT, Generative AI and the Law

Are You There ChatGPT? It’s Me, Charlotte – ChatGPT, Generative AI and the Law

Readers will probably have heard by now of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Many of you will have experimented with it, or one of the other available generative artificial intelligence (AI) models such as Microsoft’s Bing. If you have not yet utilised any of these new technologies, you will very likely

DR Corner: Review of Do It Out of Court – A Practical Guide to Dispute Resolution Processes in Family Law

DR Corner: Review of Do It Out of Court – A Practical Guide to Dispute Resolution Processes in Family Law

Karin Walker (Law Brief Publishing, 2023) This is a concise and informative book aimed at family law practitioners with little or no experience in out-of-court dispute resolution methods. The guide is divided into two sections, with the first section focusing on essential considerations such as new divorce legislation, client expectations