MT v OT (financial provision: costs) [2007] EWHC 838 (Fam)

Schedule 1: Outside the lines?

Jemma Pollock examines the decision in DN v UD and asks whether the boundaries for when provision may be made for a child age 18 or over have been pushed too far The court concluded that if an application under Sch 1 is made before the child is 18, the court acquires jurisdiction and retains …

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Schedule 1: Missed opportunities

James Brown suggests that Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 is underused and looks at the courts’ approach ‘Schedule 1 can be applied to small/medium-asset cases even if the result is that the absent parent will have to sell their property in order to house the applicant and the child.’ Family law practitioners are …

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