Financial remedies: A battle royale

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP | Family Law Journal | September 2022 #216
Sophia Leeder outlines the approach to interim orders in a case where a party has delayed in making their application and spent excessively in the meantime, as well as key practice points Where jurisdiction is in dispute, this does not prevent the court from making an interim order, but in MG v GM Peel J …

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Schedule 1: All in the past?

Russell-Cooke LLP | Family Law Journal | May 2021 #203
Rebecca Stone analyses legal costs orders involving both historic and future costs The judgment in Re Z highlights the importance of solicitors applying for legal funding as early as possible, considering what credit, if any, they are prepared to extend to a client, and making it clear to clients from the outset they will cease …

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Costs Allowances: Back-door costs?

Rayden Solicitors | Family Law Journal | April 2017 #165
Che Meakins assesses the difference between costs already incurred and those required to fund future litigation on an application for a legal services payment order ‘The decision in BC v DE is a clear reminder that an application in relation to costs incurred in the earlier stages of financial remedy proceedings is perfectly legitimate.’In BC …

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