Selling the Goose: Orders for Sale of the Family Company
[2026] 3 FRJ 194. This article considers recent authorities which suggest that forcing a sale of the family company may increasingly be contemplated by the court.
Business Assets
Partnering Up: Partnership Law and Financial Remedy Proceedings
The Department for Business & Trade’s most recent Business Population Estimates suggested that there are approximately 356,000 ordinary partnerships currently trading within the United Kingdom, generating a turnover of just under £1 billion. The majority of these are small enterprises involving either no or fewer than ten employees.
Tech Corner: Separate Space – How Tech can be Leveraged to Bridge the Access to Justice Gap
The fusion of family law and cutting-edge technology is no longer a distant prospect – it’s a reality that will reshape the way legal services are delivered.
In this article, Victoria Nottage and Amanda Bell argue that not only will technology bring positive changes to the ways that lawyers provide
Businesses in Financial Remedy Claims
‘Business’ is a term that covers a multitude of different structures. The most common are limited companies (whether public or private), partnerships and sole traders. There is obviously a big difference between a multinational PLC and a sole-trading plumber. The courts will treat different businesses in different ways.
This article
BR v BR [2024] EWFC 11
Judgment date: 30 January 2024
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2024/11.html
Peel J. When should a single joint expert (SJE) be instructed rather than two or more separately instructed experts in financial remedy proceedings?
Both parties sought to separately instruct sole experts, one for each
GA v EL [2023] EWFC 187
Judgment date: 31 October 2023
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/187.html
Peel J. Daniels v Walker application made by the Wife ('W') at a Pre-Trial Review in financial remedy proceedings.
Background
* The parties married in 2007 and separated in November 2019. They are