This related to an Appeal heard by the Supreme Court (the highest court in England and Wales). The Supreme Court reviewed the correct approach to calculating beneficial interests in property where the legal title to the property is held in…
The main issue in this case was whether a French marriage contract (a pre-nuptial agreement) should be upheld. Facts Both parties were French. The wife was 50 and the husband 53. It was a 14 year marriage with a period…
The question of how a lottery win is dealt with by the courts in the context of divorce has recently been considered by the High Court in the case of S –v- AG (Financial Remedy: Lottery Prize) [2011] EWHC 2637…
The Law Commission has responded to the written ministerial statement issued by the Ministry of Justice stating that it does not intend to take forward the Law Commission's recommendations for reform of cohabitation law in this parliamentary term. The Law…
Until recently where a married couple was separating, if one spouse obtained information or documents belonging to the other, rules established in the case of Hildebrand (1992) provided that copies could be retained but the originals must be disclosed to…
The new Family Procedure Rules 2010 (“FPR”) came into effect on 6th April 2011. They consolidate the existing different set of rules and provide a single set of rules for family proceedings in the High Court, County Courts or Magistrates…
Former co-habitees Leonard Kernott and Patricia Jones took their legal battle to The Court of Appeal and the Court of Appeal handed down its decision on 26th May 2010. This prompted considerable public comment questioning why Mr Kernott, who had…
The firm is pleased to announce that Janine Thomson, Assistant to Séverine Vincent (Associate Solicitor) in our Family Department, has successfully completed the Family Law Assistant Certificate offered by Resolution and has now become a Member of Resolution. Janine will…
The Law Commission has published its long-awaited consultation paper “Marital Property Agreements” on the future of pre-nuptial agreements. Responses are sought by the 11 April 2011. The Law Commission delayed publication of the consultation pending a decision in the case…
Severine recently acted on a defended divorce which went all the way to a 2 day final contested hearing. Severine was instructed by the Petitioner husband in this matter, who petitioned for divorce on his wife’s unreasonable behaviour towards him…