St Ives Chambers

This Q&A considers the legislation under which a financial claim would be made by cohabitants who were previously briefly married.

This Q&A considers the effect of a pronouncement of decree absolute on a pension sharing order.

This Q&A considers the effect of bankruptcy upon a lump sum order.

This Q&A considers the procedure for preventing pronouncement of decree absolute.

This Q&A considers the procedure for withdrawing a financial remedy application after the first appointment and the potential costs consequences of doing so.

This Q&A considers how to proceed when a party wishes to resile from a consent order which has been agreed but not yet approved by the court.

This Q&A considers how to proceed when a respondent to a financial remedy application refuses to engage in the process.

This Q&A considers the procedure to be adopted when raising alternative facts in support of a divorce and the implication for existing financial remedy proceedings of doing so.

This Q&A deals with the question of how to proceed when a party comes into an inheritance after filing a D81 statement of means but before approval of the order by the court.

This Q&A considers the procedure to be adopted where a party changes their name following the preparation of a financial consent order.

This Q&A considers the sanctions that might be pursued to seek compliance with directions orders.

This Q&A considers whether a petitioner can appeal a final financial remedy order made in divorce proceedings before decree absolute is granted and if there is any detriment to them once decree absolute is granted.

This Q&A considers whether a judge can admit further evidence after the conclusion of evidence in financial remedy proceedings prior to judgment where there has been a change in circumstances.

This Q&A considers the court’s powers to order financial provision upon divorce, including the power to impose a clean break.