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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

Hasan v Ul-Hasan (deceased) & Anor [2021] EWHC 1791 (Fam): The Implications of Death on Divorce and Financial Remedies

Hasan v Ul-Hasan (deceased) & Anor [2021] EWHC 1791 (Fam): The Implications of Death on Divorce and Financial Remedies

'In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.' -- Benjamin Franklin, November 1817 'Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them.' -- Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, 1936 Introduction The death of