HIPS and EPCs
HIPs - The Current Position In an attempt to reduce the cost of moving house, on 21st May 2010 the duty to supply a Home Information Pack when selling your home was suspended. This means that properties entering the housing…
Severine wins a defended divorce, February 11, 2011
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…
Janine Thomson: third person in the country to be awarded with the Family Law Assistant Certificate by Resolution
Janine Thomson, assistant to Séverine Vincent (Associate Solicitor) is the third person in the country to be awarded with the Family Law Assistant Certificate by Resolution. Whilst working full time, Janine has had to complete five in depth assignments, achieving…
Department news update: 9th June 2010 Re C (Children)
Severine recently acted on an injunction case where she represented the Defendant father. The matter was heard in the Birmingham High Court by one of the most senior family high court judges in the country, Mr Justice McFarlane who is…
Pre-nuptial v. postnuptial agreements, McLeod v. McLeod 2008
MacLeod v MacLeod [2008] UKPC 64 This was a Privy Councili decision handed down on 18 December 2008 which addressed the question of enforceability of pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements. The proceedings eventually led the husband appealing to the Privy Council…
Prenup: where are we now after the Court of Appeal’s decision in Radmacher v. Granatino 2009?
Radmacher v Granatino [2009] EWCA Civ 649 This was an Appeal by a wife (one of Germany’s richest woman said to be worth £100 million) against an award in ancillary relief proceedings where the couple, both born overseas, had signed…
Rachmacher v. Gratino 2010 UKSC42: The Supreme Court upholds the Court of Appeal decision, 20th October 2010
Rachmacher –v- Gratino [2010]UKSC42 – The Supreme Court upholds the Court of Appeal decision – 20th October 2010 The Supreme Court found in favour of the wife and held that the Court of Appeal was correct in allowing the enforcement…
Developments in road traffic accident claims
The Ministry of Justice Reforms have resulted in a new process for dealing with road traffic accident claims valued at between £1,000.00 and £10,000.00. The claims are now submitted to Insurers via a secure computer portal which acts as an…
Claim against husband in road traffic accident
The firm has been successful in obtaining damages for our client K who was involved in a road traffic accident and received a settlement of £5,900.00 from her husband’s insurers. Our client was a front seat passenger in a vehicle…
Our specialist personal injury team recover £60,000
Our specialist personal injury team was successful in recovering the sum of £60,000 for our client C who was a rear seat passenger in a vehicle was driven negligently by her friend. It is understood that he failed to stop…