Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...
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...
Online divorceOn 6 May 2018 the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) launched its online divorce service nationwide for the public acting as litigants in person....
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...
The basis of Duxbury calculationsA Duxbury calculation is an actuarial calculation designed to identify the capital sum required to meet a periodical...
This Practice Note sets out the basic principles to be applied when drafting a financial consent order including the preparation and structure of the...
Applications for judicial separation are relatively rare in practice. It may arise where the client has strong religious and or cultural reasons for...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...
Online divorceWhere a divorce is proceeding via the online service note that while rules relating to divorce proceedings are generally to be found in...
Trusts—variation of a nuptial settlementA nuptial settlement is a settlement for the benefit of one or both of the parties or their children, created...
Trusts—using trusts or property law in financial proceedingsIn addition to the court’s power to vary a trust that is a nuptial settlement within the...
Joinder of third parties in financial proceedingsThis Practice Note sets out the procedure to add a third party to financial proceedings as specified...
Introduction to trusts within financial proceedingsTrusts arrangements are increasingly popular with, for example, foreign individuals who live in the...
Nature of trustsThe trust conceptTypically, the settlor is the original owner of property and creates a trust by conveying it to one or more trustees...
The issue of sham is most likely to be raised by the settlor's creditors or former spouse if the settlor is involved in matrimonial proceedings, who...
CertaintyIn order for a settlor to create a private express trust the three certainties must be present, namely:•certainty as to the intention of the...
Variation of trustsIt is open to any settlor to impose such trusts and confer such powers and discretions as they see fit. Consequently, the general...
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