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 Valuation
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.
TF v SF [2025] EWHC 1659 (Fam)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2025/1659
WX v HX [2023] EWFC 279 (B)
Judgment date: 21 December 2023
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2023/279
Mr Recorder Day’s judgment in a case involving complex procedural history, intervenors, non-disclosure and a ‘fragile’ business valuation. Of note is Recorder Day’s inclusion of his earlier decision to refuse a Hadkinson order. Recorder
A Practical Guide on How to Select your Expert, Reviewing the Expert's Report and When to Consider Engaging a Shadow Expert
Introduction
I am an accredited expert witness and am instructed on 40 to 50 matrimonial cases each year. A significant number of these instructions are as single joint expert (SJE) or party expert providing an opinion on the valuation of a business or shareholding. I also act in cases requiring
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
Money Corner: EBITDA – The Valuer’s Measure of Profit
It is often said that ‘valuation is an art, not a science’. Whilst it is undoubtedly true that value is in the eye of the beholder the reference to art rather than science should not be taken as meaning there are not right and wrong ways to approach the valuation