‘A former New Age traveller whose ex-husband became a millionaire more than a decade after they separated has won a cash fight in the Supreme Court. Kathleen Wyatt wants a payout from Dale Vince – although she did not lodge a claim until nearly 20 years after their divorce.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A wind power tycoon will learn whether his ex-wife’s claim for a financial settlement lodged almost 20 years after they divorced has been successful.’
BBC News, 11th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ben Wooldridge, pupil at 1 Hare Court, reviews the court’s treatment of nuptial agreements since Radmacher v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42, highlighting emerging trends and the growing significance of the parties’ intentions in determining enforceability.’
Family Law Week, 5th MArch 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Laura Ashley boss, Dr Khoo Kay Peng, 76, is locked in a £400 million divorce battle with his former-Miss Malaysia wife of 43 years, Pauline Siew Phin Chai. A judge found in Miss Chai’s favour last October that the divorce proceedings should be heard in UK, as the couple fight a “parallel” case in their native-Malaysia. While the “expensive gallop” between the two countries continues, the husband has failed to pay more than £400,000 in legal and maintenance costs to his wife.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Joshua Viney of 1 Hare Court considers the problem of identifying those cases where a contribution will be treated as “special” and analyses the relevant case law.’
Family Law Week, 27th February 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘US businessman Randy Work told the High Court he was not willing to pay his estranged wife any of his £150m fortune.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘English law is particularly ‘fair for the financially weaker spouse’. That’s why wealthy people’s partners are keen to have their day in court in London rather than anywhere else.’
The Guardian, 24th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Spouses can no longer expect full financial support from their ex-partners once their children reach age seven. Experts expect a rush to renegotiate.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An Appeal court judge has told the ex-wife of a millionaire horse surgeon to seek employment, warning that she has no right to expect “an income for life” at her former husband’s expense.’
The Guardian, 24th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor of Mills & Reeve LLP analyses the financial remedies and divorce news and cases from January 2015.’
Family Law Week, 19th February 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Tom Wilson, pupil at 1 Garden Court Family Law Chambers, examines the possibility of a partial re-introduction of the Calderbank offer.’
Family Law Week, 12th February 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The judgment in SR v RS demonstrates that parties cannot, in the face of reasonable offers to settle, continue to litigate matters indefinitely without the spectre of cost sanctions.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 27th January 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The Financial Remedies Working Group (“the group”) was established by the President of the Family Division in June 2014. It has been chaired by Nicholas Mostyn J and Stephen Cobb J.
The group produced an interim report on 31 July 2014, making a number of recommendations. This final report should be read in conjunction with that interim report.’
Judiciary of England and Wales, 28th January 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Disputes over spousal maintenance are often the main bar to couples resolving financial disputes on divorce. In the judgment of SS v NS [2014] EWHC 4183 (Fam), Mostyn J has given comprehensive guidance on the principal issues surrounding spousal maintenance.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th January 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor of Mills & Reeve LLP analyses the financial remedies and divorce news and cases from December 2014.’
Family Law Week, 23rd January 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Geraldine Morris reviews the family law changes in 2014 & makes predictions for the year ahead.’
New Law Journal, 8th January 2015
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
In re A (A Child) (Financial Provision) [2014] EWCA Civ 1577; [2014] WLR (D) 529
‘The “millionaire’s defence” survived to some degree when the court was determining the appropriate financial provision for the illegitimate child of a father of very great wealth. Accordingly it was not appropriate to contend for a “fair proportion” of the wealth when seeking to determine a sum representing the reasonable needs of the child for the purposes of Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989.’
WLR Daily, 10th December 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A High Court judge who was attempting to decide the settlement figure in a divorce case admitted he turned to the works of William Shakespeare for help.’
The Independent, 17th December 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘MSSCA 2013 does not create a new status of “same sex marriage” 1 (SSM). It extends the
existing institution of marriage to same sex couples:
s.1 The marriage of same sex couples is lawful.
s.11(1) In the law of England and Wales, marriage has the same effect’
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Tanfield Chambers, 14th November 2014
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor of Mills & Reeve LLP analyses the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published by Family Law Week during October.’
Family Law Week, 14th November 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
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