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The Intersection Between LSPOs and Economic Abuse

The Intersection Between LSPOs and Economic Abuse

Recent years have seen increasing awareness of economic abuse, and how the financial remedy process can be manipulated as a tool of such abuse. However, one aspect of this has had little attention: the intersection between economic abuse and LSPOs. The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 includes economic abuse within the

The Potanin Litigation: a Look Ahead

The Potanin Litigation: a Look Ahead

On 31 January 2024 the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of Potanin and Potanina [2024] UKSC 3. For a summary of the background to the proceedings and an overview of the judgment please see link. The key dates in the proceedings are as follows: * 8 October 2018:

The Law Is an Ass: Goodbye to the Knock-Out Blow – Potanin v Potanina: the Supreme Court Decision

The Law Is an Ass: Goodbye to the Knock-Out Blow – Potanin v Potanina: the Supreme Court Decision

https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2024/3.html On 31 January 2024 the Supreme Court handed down the much-awaited judgment in Potanin v Potanina [2024] UKSC 3. These proceedings relate to financial claims which can be brought in England for financial provision after an overseas divorce. Although the

The Threat of Adverse Costs Orders in Financial Remedy Cases Has Just Got Higher – Peel J in HO v TL

The Threat of Adverse Costs Orders in Financial Remedy Cases Has Just Got Higher – Peel J in HO v TL

Peel J’s substantive judgment in HO v TL [2023] EWFC 215 is a compelling masterclass in addressing principle, guidance and the clear disposal of a smorgasbord of financial remedy issues within a must-read 27-page judgment for matrimonial finance practitioners. Costs approach However, it is the costs order which followed

Calling All Undergraduates: Join the Financial Remedies Journal's Essay Competition for 2024

Calling All Undergraduates: Join the Financial Remedies Journal's Essay Competition for 2024

The editorial board of the Financial Remedies Journal is delighted to announce the launch of a new essay competition which is open to any undergraduate law or combined law student from a university in England and Wales. The essay competition is designed to give undergraduate law students with an interest

Why Become a QLR?

Why Become a QLR?

‘I’ve heard it’s not well organised’ ‘You’ll make no money’ ‘It seems like more work than it’s worth’ These are the usual comments I receive when I tell people I undertake work as a Qualified Legal Representative (QLR). Still a relatively new scheme, the Family Court

The PAG2 Guide – What Has Changed?

The PAG2 Guide – What Has Changed?

The publication of the Pension Advisory Group (PAG2) guidance in December 2023 marked the end of another lengthy and significant piece of interdisciplinary work by experienced practitioners in the field of pensions on divorce. Much has already been written about the new guide and the overall changes, so the aim