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The Court of Appeal has made an important decision in a divorce case in which the main argument was over the availability of future income to fund maintenance payments in...
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The validity of pre-nuptial agreements depends on legal advice being taken on both sides, equal bargaining positions and overall fairness. In one case, the High Court found that a wife...
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When a wealthy construction business owner and his wife divorced in 2011, a ‘clean break’ agreement was made to include the sale of the two properties they owned – the...
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Divorces where there is an international dimension often present specific issues, and a recent case involving a couple who had been living in Australia before they separated is no exception,...
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In a ground-breaking decision that prioritised the rights of the living over those of the dead, the Court of Appeal has opened the way for genetic testing of DNA extracted...
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Family judges know that children normally do best when they have direct contact with both parents. The Court of Appeal underlined that point in a case concerning five ultra-Orthodox Jewish...
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