Pearce v Pearce [1980] 1 FLR 261

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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