Family

• Judge Imposes Limit on ‘Attritional’ Litigation Costs

  • Posted8 August 2013

  When a divorcing husband and wife ran up legal costs of more than £150,000 disputing the division of family assets amounting to little more than £200,000, the judge hearing the...

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• Natural Father Denied Right to Oppose Adoption

  • Posted18 July 2013

  A recent case dealt with the issues surrounding the respective rights of a parent and child in unusual circumstances. The natural father of the child wished to join in...

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• Trust Cannot Be Used to Hide Assets, Rules Court

  • Posted2 July 2013

  A divorcee who considered that her husband had set up a trust in order to defeat her claims for a financial settlement on divorce has obtained the agreement of the...

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• Company Assets and Divorce

  • Posted18 June 2013

  One of the most difficult aspects of divorce is often the negotiation of the financial settlement: this can be particularly thorny when there are substantial sums involved. Often, assets are...

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• Father Entitled to ‘Proper Relationship’ With Son

  • Posted10 June 2013

  In a ruling which emphasises the importance of fathers in the lives of young children, the Court of Appeal has upheld a man’s right to have contact with his eight-year-old...

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• Court Upholds Deferment of Payment After Business Fails

  • Posted16 May 2013

  A businesswoman whose business fell victim to the recession has persuaded the family court that it would be appropriate for the settlement she had agreed to pay her ex-husband to...

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