A married couple separated five years ago, at which time there was no equity in the former matrimonial home. The spouse who remained in the former matrimonial home has...
Case law on the impact of the cohabitation of a party appears to relate to the impact on the amount of maintenance awarded by the court. Is there case law on the scenario...
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Compensation, sharing and equality
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Contributions of the parties
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Factors considered by the court on financial provision
The following Family precedent provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Financial applications to the court—client guide (standard procedure)...
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Financial clean break orders in family proceedings
The following Family precedent provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Financial disclosure and Form E—client guide
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Financial provision for spouses and civil partners in Scotland...
How does the compensation principle to apply to pre-marital assets in a scenario where the financially weaker party to the marriage has been in a long post-separation...
The following Family Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on How will the court approach a soft loan and what factors might it consider?...
The following Family Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on In financial proceedings, is it acceptable to take into account payments that a party...
In financial remedy proceedings, where the husband has credit cards that are in his sole name but were used for the benefit of the family by way of general family living...
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Income and earning capacity of the parties
Is there case law authority where a respondent to an unreasonable behaviour petition allows the divorce to proceed on an undefended basis, that the petitioner cannot then...
Is there family case law involving the consideration of student loans, and when or whether they are to be repaid or written off? How is a student loan treated if it is...
Prior to their marriage a party received damages from a personal injury claim which was placed into a personal injury trust. On divorce, will the damages be treated as a...
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on The age of the parties and the length of the marriage or civil partnership...
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on The assets of the parties
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on The needs of the children of the family
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on The needs of the parties
The parties are joint tenants in relation to the former matrimonial home. By agreement, they remortgaged the property to release equity. On the breakdown of the marriage,...
The following Family Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on What is the courts’ approach where one party is suffering from a life-shortening...
The following Family Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on What is the impact of delay on an application for a financial remedy?...
What may be the impact of alcoholism as conduct to be taken into account by the court as to financial provision? Where a party has lost a very high-paying position due to...
Where 50% of the matrimonial home was gifted to one party during the marriage by their parents, and the remaining 50% bought by both parties, would the starting point for...
Where a party to private children proceedings uses savings in their sole name to fund their legal fees and the other party is legally aided, would the other party be able...
Where a party transferred their interest in the former family home to the other party without legal advice and full and frank disclosure, will the property still be...
The following Family Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Where a redundancy payment is received by a party during the course of the marriage,...
The following Family Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Where both parties are retired, and one spouse’s pension income is twice that of the...
