Online divorceWhere a divorce is proceeding via the online service note that while rules relating to divorce proceedings are generally to be found in...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...
Applications for judicial separation are relatively rare in practice. It may arise where the client has strong religious and or cultural reasons for...
This Practice Note sets out the basic principles to be applied when drafting a financial consent order including the preparation and structure of the...
The basis of Duxbury calculationsA Duxbury calculation is an actuarial calculation designed to identify the capital sum required to meet a periodical...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...
Online divorceOn 6 May 2018 the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) launched its online divorce service nationwide for the public acting as litigants in person....
The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) sets out the grounds on which a marriage is void or voidable and the bars preventing the grant of a decree...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...
A decree of nullity granted after 31 July 1971 in respect of a voidable marriage operates to annul the marriage with effect from decree absolute and...
The Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA 1996) affords the court wide powers to deal with trusts of land, including to make a...
It is fairly common that where unmarried parents separate, the court will be faced with cross-applications under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of...
Pre-action protocolThere is no specific pre-action protocol relating to claims under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA...
UPON HEARING [counsel OR solicitor] for the claimant and [counsel OR solicitor] for the defendant:Declaration of trust in relation to a property[IT IS...
Despite the persisting belief, there is no legal concept of a ‘common law’ husband or wife. Therefore, unmarried parties who may occupy a property for...