Divorce court fees to rise by a third – BBC News
‘The cost of getting divorced is to rise by about a third after the government announced increased court fees.’
BBC News, 22nd July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: divorce
Finance & Divorce Update July 2015 – Family Law Week
‘Edward Heaton, Principal Associate and Jane Booth, Associate, both of Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases from June 2015.’
Family Law Week, 19th July 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Husband ordered to hand over all assets to wife in divorce case – Daily Telegraph
‘A hospital consultant who left his family and moved abroad has been ordered to hand his ex-wife all their assets, including a property and savings of more than £300,000.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Divorce lawyer seduced wife of millionaire during £500k court battle’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Regulators asked to investigate conduct of a solicitor from a prestitgious law firm who took romantic trips with his client as they fought her millionaire husband in divorce court.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Horton v Henry; pensions, bankruptcy and divorce – Family Law Week
‘Pranjal Shrotri, barrister, 36 Bedford Row identifies the importance of the forthcoming judgment of the Court of Appeal in Horton v Henry.’
Family Law Week, 22nd June 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Money for lawyers’ triggers jump in reopened divorce cases – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The number of people returning to the courts to boost their divorce settlements doubled last year – partly because there is more money around to spend on lawyers, according to new data.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th June 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Assessment of domestic violence should not be culture sensitive – UK Human Rights Blog
‘This recent domestic violence case involving a child and the comments made by Mrs Justice Pauffley have been exciting the interest of both the media those agencies involved in child protection, such as the NSPCC.’
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UK Human Rights Blog, 13th June 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Double divorces on the rise as ex-spouses bring new claims against their former partners – The Independent
‘The number of disgruntled spouses returning to court to try and win more money from former partners after a divorce has already gone through has more than doubled in a year.’
The Independent, 15th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Doctor’s wife loses £3.2m home after ‘on-the-cheap divorce went wrong’ – Daily Telegraph
‘An attempt to settle a divorce cheaply backfired leaving Norma Wilson having to live a one-bed council flat.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Divorcee Michelle Young to be sued over financing of bitter legal battle – Daily Telegraph
‘Saga of divorce battle takes extraordinary new twist as financial backers plan to sue her for breach of contract.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Father killed himself after being asked for £11,000 child support, inquest told – The Guardian
‘A father hanged himself after receiving letters from the Child Support Agency demanding £11,000 in backdated maintenance payments for his son, an inquest has heard.’
The Guardian, 4th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Woman who sold her ex-husband’s grave space without his knowledge has to pay him £4,000 – Daily Telegraph
‘A woman who sold her ex-husband’s graveyard plot after forging his signature has been ordered to pay him more than £4,000.’
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Daily Telegraph, 2nd June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Susan Workman murder: Killer’s family post ad to trace jury – BBC News
‘The family of a man jailed for murdering his ex-wife have taken out a newspaper advert in an attempt to trace the jurors involved in his trial, prompting a police investigation.’
BBC News, 20th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pension reforms loophole: Ex-wives may lose out in rule change over shared pot – Daily Telegraph
‘New rules allowing people to withdraw entire pension funds create loophole that can override agreements to share benefits built up by breadwinner.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Men-only divorce law firm for fathers feeling let down by family courts to open in London – The Independent
‘Men-only divorce law firms look set to be the latest import from America as Britain’s first practice targeting fathers who feel hard done by in the family courts sets up in London.’
The Independent, 17th May 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Extend divorce mediation meetings to “smaller civil cases”, Lord Neuberger says – Litigation Futures
‘Lord Neuberger has said that the compulsory mediation information and assessment meetings (MIAMs) introduced for separating couples should be extended to “smaller civil cases”.’
Litigation Futures, 13th May 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Judge urges divorcing couple to end ‘awful’ court fight and reach settlement – The Guardian
‘A judge has told a former beauty queen how “awful” divorce court fights are and urged her to try to reach a settlement with her estranged lawyer husband. Mr Justice Holman is today due to start analysing evidence in a multi-million pound cash dispute involving Ekaterina, 42, and Richard Fields, 59, in the family division of the high court in London.’
The Guardian, 13th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Reattribution” after MAP v MFP or “For better, for worse” – Family Law Week
‘Ella Calnan, barrister of Fourteen, considers the future prospects of claims for reattribution of expenditure in financial remedies cases.’
Family Law week, 8th May 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Judge blasts warring parents for damaging young sons – Daily Telegraph
‘Family court judge says while each parent is devoted to their sons, the boys are “the most unfortunate children” because the estranged couple are unable to contain their hatred for each other’
Daily Telegraph, 8th May 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Farrah Ahmed and Adam Perry: Judicial Review of Shariah Councils – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘On 23 March, Theresa May announced plans for a review of shariah councils in England and Wales, to examine their compatibility with British values, if the Conservatives win the May election. Shariah councils are bodies that issue divorce certificates for Islamic marriages, offer mediation and reconciliation services to couples married under religious law, and produce expert opinion reports on religious matters. An AHRC-funded research project concluded that the shariah council it studied (along with a Beth Din and a Catholic Tribunal) “provide[s] an important service for those Jews, Muslims and Catholics for whom a religious divorce ‘in the sight of God’ is important from both a spiritual and religious legal perspective”. The Home Office, while acknowledging the need for further evidence on the operation of shariah councils, appears concerned about the effect of their decisions on women (who, it suggests, may receive an insufficient financial settlement on a religious divorce) and the fairness of the procedures followed by shariah councils (particularly the possibility that their procedures discount women’s testimonies).’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 1st May 2015
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
