MF v SF [2015] EWHC 1273 (Fam)

Financial Provision: Behaving badly

Sarah Passemard looks at the development of case law on add-backs based on financial conduct ‘Even where it appears that one party may have indulged in risky financial behaviour, it may not be appropriate for there to be an add-back, or indeed for any kind of financial misconduct to be pleaded.’ One website described the …

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Costs: Behaving badly

Lyn Ayrton and Claire O’Donnell suggest that costs orders penalising ‘litigation conduct’ may be on the rise and discuss some recent cases ‘There has been a notable increase in reported cases in which the court has made substantial costs orders for various aspects of litigation conduct.’There are two main types of conduct that may be …

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