divorce

Parveen v Hussain and the Queen’s Proctor [2022] EWCA Civ 1434

Judgment date: 04 November 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2022/1434.html Moylan, Asplin and Stuart-Smith LJJ. W was domiciled in Pakistan when her former husband pronounced talaq while in England. The talaq decree issued by a British mosque was certified by the Pakistani authorities as

SA v FA [2022] EWFC 115

Judgment date: 09 September 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/115 HHJ Hess. Judgment concerning divorce proceedings, domicile and the most appropriate forum. The parties met and married in England; the W was originally from South Africa. They had moved to the UAE in 2008 and remained there

Major tax changes for divorcing couples

Major tax changes for divorcing couples

Yesterday (22 July 2022) the government released draft legislation which will change the capital gains tax position for divorcing couples. At the moment the legislation is in draft form and is subject to changes, however, the proposed implementation date is 6 April 2023 and we do not anticipate any major

Part III: Reflections on the 40th Anniversary of the Law Commission's Recommendations

Part III: Reflections on the 40th Anniversary of the Law Commission's Recommendations

‘As we approach the 40th anniversary of the 1984 Act, the complexities and challenges to which I have referred would suggest that this is an area which could well benefit from consideration by the Law Commission.’[[1]] Much has changed – legally, politically, and societally – since Parliament legislated to provide the

Whose Fault Is It Anyway?

Whose Fault Is It Anyway?

The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020, which comes into force on 6 April 2022, represents a significant and positive shift away from investigating reasons for marriage breakdown and towards individuals’ autonomy. Whilst very few practitioners oppose the introduction of no fault divorce,[[1]] in certain quarters of the media

Money Corner: Financial Protection and Divorce

Money Corner: Financial Protection and Divorce

The area of financial protection is one that most of us first come across when we are buying a house. The mortgage adviser will deftly remind us of all the things that might go wrong for our family if we were to become seriously ill or die. During my training

Caroline Norton – Family Law’s Forgotten Heroine

Caroline Norton – Family Law’s Forgotten Heroine

1836 Caroline Norton by William Etty Introduction At the cemetery at Lecropt Kirk,[[1]] Bridge Allan, Stirling, Scotland, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan Norton (22.03.1808 to 15.06.1877) lies in rest in the Stirling Maxwell vault nearby the grave of one of her three children William Charles Chapple