M v L (Financial Relief After Overseas Divorce) [2003] EWHC 328 (Fam)

Overseas divorce: Tread carefully

Lizzie Smith and Laura Bond summarise the key elements of relief under Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 and the potential implications of the UK leaving the EU on such claims That a foreign court may have already made a financial order is not an automatic bar to a claim under …

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Financial provision: Proceed with haste

Tania Derrett-Smith looks at the impact of delay on financial remedy applications ‘The Supreme Court decision in Wyatt highlights that delay in bringing an application for a financial remedy will be a major factor for the court’s consideration, and is quite likely to have an impact on the final outcome.’ Surprisingly, there are relatively few …

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Delay: Measuring time

Matthew Taylor looks at delay in financial proceedings and the more generous approach taken by the court in Briers v Briers ‘The judgment in Briers makes it clear that a delay in launching an application does not prevent the court making an award on a sharing basis.’It seems that, much like buses, you wait an …

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Financial Provision: Limited consequences?

Frances Bailey and Adrian Clossick look at the potential impact of the Supreme Court decision in Wyatt v Vince ‘Successful applications [for financial provision] after a lengthy period of separation are likely to be rare and in the authors’ view limited to cases where (per Rossi) “there has been a very good reason for the …

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