Katherine Illsley

This Q&A considers amendments to a birth certificate in a situation where the father dies before the child was born.

This Q&A considers whether a spouse with registered home rights can exclude their stepson from the matrimonial home where the other non-occupying spouse has granted him permission to occupy it.

This Q&A considers whether the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is able to make a calculation as to arrears of child maintenance where no CMS calculation has previously been made.

This Q&A considers whether someone may register a home rights notice with the Land Registry against a property that is owned by their spouse and by a third party.

This Q&A considers the impact of the death of a party where a financial agreement had been reached but had not been approved by the court in a consent order.

This Q&A considers whether it is possible to seek a continuation of financial support for a child who is over the age of 18 and has started tertiary education.

This Q&A considers the applications available to a party, following the pronouncement of decree absolute, in respect of a council tenancy in the sole name of the applicant’s ex-spouse.

This Q&A considers whether divorce proceedings can commence overseas but then be abandoned and fresh proceedings commenced in England and Wales.

This Q&A considers whether all three individuals who own a property must be involved in the execution of a lease or transfer, or whether just two of the individuals may do so.

This Q&A considers who is permitted access to a witness statement produced within financial remedy proceedings.

This Q&A considers how the court is likely to try to determine the beneficial interest of two parties who hold a property in joint names.

This Q&A considers the presumption of advancement as between parents and a child and that parties A and B own a property as tenants in common (the shares are not specified in the details provided), and there is now a dispute as to the split of the beneficial interest between them. A's parents paid the deposit on the property, and also made financial contributions towards the property after purchase.

This Q&A considers who is liable to pay child support in the scenario of two women, who were not married or in a civil partnership, and had a child through in vitro fertilisation via a licensed clinic. The first woman provided the eggs and carried the child and both women are named on the child’s birth certificate.

This Q&A considers a landlords duties under section 48 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987) to furnish tenants with an address whereby notices can be served.

This Q&A considers the obligations of a landlord under section 48 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 to furnish tenants with an address whereby notices can be served.

This Q&A considers what the court will take into account under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 when making an order for sale in respect of a property held by unmarried cohabitants as tenants in common in equal shares, and where one party refuses to sell .

This Q&A considers contact arrangements during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

This Q&A considers the costs implications when an applicant seeks permission to withdraw applications for contact and parental responsibility two weeks before the final hearing. It also considers whether the wealth of the applicant have any impact on the court’s decision.

This Q&A considers the implications where a solicitor has signed a financial statement in Form E on their client’s behalf and that Form E is subsequently found to contain material omissions in respect of the party's income and assets.

This Q&A considers whether disclosure made in financial remedy proceedings, such as bank statements, can be passed to the police and whether it makes a difference if the documents are evidence as part of a police investigation.