Foster v Foster [2003] EWCA Civ 565

Financial Provision: Short but sweet

Priya Palanivel and Shantel Burbridge examine the Court of Appeal’s decision in Sharp v Sharp, and the potential impact on the approach to short marriages ‘The facts of Sharp meant it was “one of the very small number of cases” where the circumstances justified a departure from the principle of equal sharing.’ The duration of …

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Short Marriages: Brief encounter

Joanne Green sets out the factors that will be taken into account by the court where a marriage is short, and looks to case law for the principles applied ‘Where pre-acquired non-matrimonial assets have been intermingled with matrimonial assets, the non-matrimonial element is more likely to be excluded from the assets that are to be …

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