Woman wins right to late partner’s military pension in landmark ruling – BBC News
‘A woman has won the right to her late partner’s military pension in a landmark ruling for unmarried couples.’
BBC News, 17th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: financial dispute resolution
Businessman was forced to live in a pigsty after he accused his partner of affair, court hears – Daily Telegraph
‘A businessman was forced to live in a pigsty after he accused his ex partner of having an affair, a court has heard.
The pigsty was in the grounds of the £1m home in Upminster, Essex, and he told Central London County Court that his ex partner of 37 years excluded him from the house.
The couple, who have two children, ended up in court after he launched a claim to claim money from her for the time he spent living out of the home.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Financial Remedy & Divorce Update, May 2019 – Family Law Week
‘Rose-Marie Drury, Senior Associate, Mills & Reeve LLP analyses the news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during April 2019.’
Family Law Week, 14th May 2019
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Speech by The Rt Hon Sir Nicholas Hamblen: Litigating financial disputes in London and the Financial List – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Speech by The Rt Hon Sir Nicholas Hamblen: Litigating financial disputes in London and the Financial List.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 7th May 2019
Source: www.judiciary.uk
Private Lives and Public Sorrows – Family Law Week
‘Hazel Wright, Partner with Hunters Solicitors, highlights three cases which have emphasised the usefulness to family lawyers of the Human Rights Act.’
Family Law Week, 30th April 2019
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Paying for privacy? – Family Law
‘Stuart Clark, partner at The International Family Law Group LLP examines a recent Court of Appeal decision on privacy in family law cases and asks whether in practice anonymity is the preserve of only the very wealthy.’
Family Law, 16th April 2019
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
Giving hope to all concierges who date cosmetics heiresses – Transparency Project
‘Giving hope to all concierges who date cosmetics heiresses,* The Times tells us that ‘Concierge who wed Avon heiress wins £1.3 million despite pre-nup deal’.’
Transparency Project, 11th April 2019
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
The Inheritance Act and Adult Child Claimants – recent guidance from the Chancery Division – Family Law Week
‘Gwyn Evans, barrister of Tanfield Chambers, explains the court’s judgment in a recent Inheritance Act case involving an estranged adult claimant, reliant on state benefits, and defendants for whom inheritance was a windfall.’
Family Law Week, 29th March 2019
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Midwife wins legal battle with CEO ex over £1m home after he promised her half of property in pub – Daily Telegraph
‘A midwife has beaten her CEO ex-partner in a legal battle over their £1 million home, after a High Court judge agreed he promised her half the property during a conversation in the pub 13 years ago.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Selling matrimonial property – Family Law
‘Following a separation with a spouse or partner, it is common for a property to be sold. Jason Weeks, CEO & Co-Founder of Vendorable.com, a global platform for real estate services, looks at this issue.’
Family Law, 1st March 2019
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
BC v BG – Cementing the future of arbitration – Family Law Week
‘Julie Stather, barrister, Crown Office Row, Brighton considers the role of arbitration and what the future holds for the scheme.’
Family Law Week, 8th February 2019
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Potential use of share options in divorce settlements – Family Law
‘In this article, Trevor Slack, a partner at Griffins and former principal at Charles River Associates, discusses an approach that may be taken in valuing a family business in divorce proceedings.’
Family Law, 16th January 2019
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
Relationships as seen in the eyes of the law – Family Law
‘Relationships have been in the news in 2018. Not only did we see two Royal weddings, but at the opposite end of the romance spectrum, in June the UK Supreme Court ruled that it was discriminatory not to allow opposite-sex couples to form civil partnerships. Dianne Millen, an associate at Morton Fraser in Edinburgh, looks at relationships as seen in the eyes of the law.’
Family Law, 13th November 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
The Financial Remedies Court: Latest Developments – Family Law Week
‘Matthew Richardson, family barrister at Coram Chambers, provides an update on the progress of the Financial Remedies Court and highlights that rollout dates are soon to be announced.’
Family Law Week, 14th October 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
City firms launch review into dispute resolution for companies wronged by banks after RBS scandal – Daily Telegraph
‘City firms have launched a review into dispute resolution for companies wronged by banks, in the wake of the scandal over RBS’s mistreatment of small businesses. UK Finance, the lobby group for 300 British finance companies, has commissioned an independent study to analyse how complaints and disputes can be resolved in a more time and cost effective manner.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Speech by Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor of the High Court: Integrity and independence in the judiciary and the financial services industry – a comparative study – Courts & Tribunals Judiciary
‘Speech by Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor of the High Court: Integrity and independence in the judiciary and the financial services industry – a comparative study.’
Courts & Tribunals Judiciary, 21st March 2018
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
A new financial court for the super wealthy? – Transparency Project
‘The Times and The Telegraph are reporting that new courts are being established to deal with the financial side of divorces for the wealthy.’
Transparency Project, 8th December 2017
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
New courts planned to hear super-wealthy battle over finances – Daily Telegraph
‘Divorce battles among the super wealthy will be heard in separate courts under a plan to make the system more efficient, the head of the family court has announced.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Financial Remedies Courts should lead to ‘greater predictability’ – Family Law
‘Legal experts believe new Financial Remedies Courts (FRCs) should provide claimants and respondents with greater predictability, when resolving financial claims on relationship breakdown. Three FRCs will be piloted in London, the West Midlands and South East Wales from February 2018. Judges in FRCs will have a greater level of expertise in financial cases. Partners at Mishcon de Reya and Alexiou Fisher Philipps say this will lead to greater predictability of outcome, which the Law Commission has found is not always the case at present, and that it will free up more time in the overburdened family courts.’
Family Law, 6th December 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
