Mills v Mills [2018] UKSC 38

Maintenance: A fair adjustment?

Deborah Jeff concludes a two-part analysis of the impact of SS v NS on the approach to spousal maintenance The preference is for a term order, with a transition to financial independence as soon as possible, and only marital assets to be subject to sharing, not a marital-generated earning capacity. The first part of this …

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Variation: To vary or not to vary

Heather Souter summarises the key considerations on an application to vary a financial consent order and the approach of the courts Unless there has been a significant change of circumstance since the order was made, grounds for variation under s31, MCA 1973 seem hard to conceive. The full financial impact of the global pandemic is …

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