Family

• Maintenance Payments Should be Based on Need

  • Posted4 September 2012

  Helpful guidance on the calculation of periodical payments (popularly known as maintenance payments) in a divorce settlement has been provided by a High Court judge in a recent case. ...

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• Fatherhood and Child Contact

  • Posted15 August 2012

  The Court of Appeal recently ruled in a case which asked whether fatherhood is sufficient to warrant contact with a child and decided that the answer is ‘no’. The...

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• Religion and Broken Families

  • Posted1 August 2012

  Religion has been the cause of countless disputes over the centuries, but surprisingly few disputes regarding religion have reached the family courts. Recently, the High Court heard a case...

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• Financial Settlement in Civil Partnership Split

  • Posted13 July 2012

  The Court of Appeal has recently heard the first substantial appeal concerning a claim for ancillary financial relief (a financial settlement on the break-up of a marriage or civil partnership)...

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• Prisoners Unfairly Denied Consideration for Child Contact

  • Posted28 June 2012

  Mothers serving a prison sentence who have sole caring responsibility for children under 16 years of age are normally allowed to spend up to three days every six months at...

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• Unfair Post-Nuptial Agreement Set Aside by Court

  • Posted19 June 2012

  A Russian ‘serial non-discloser’ of assets said to be worth millions of pounds had his attempt to bind his ex-wife to the terms of their post-nuptial agreement dashed recently in...

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