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....
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...
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...
In deciding whether to disclose the joint assets, consider the following:•section 3 of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975...
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...
The position regarding an application for financial orders subsequent to the remarriage of a party is provided for by section 28(3) of the Matrimonial...
It has long been the position in financial remedy proceedings that 'formal agreements, properly and fairly arrived with competent legal advice, should...
In England and Wales, the provisions as to an attachment of earnings order are set out in the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 and the Family Procedure...
In these circumstances each spouse has a 50% interest in the property, which is held as tenants in common meaning that each spouse’s interest in the...
Various jurisdictions outside of the UK recognise the concept of adult adoption. There are a number of reasons why adult adoption might be thought to...