March 2022 #211 – Law Journals

Adoption: Time for a change?

June Venters QC explores the evolution of adoption law and asks, based on both her personal and professional experiences, whether the law as to post-adoption contact should be reviewed Before any application for post-adoption contact is considered, there needs to have been a thorough investigation into the extent of any abuse perpetrated and the significant …

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Financial provision: Exploring the options

Ellie Foster considers a decision of Mostyn J on set aside and transparency in financial remedy proceedings In assessing unforeseeability in the context of a change of asset value, the court should focus on the economic impact of the event rather than its cause or nature. The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 …

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Local authorities: A careful balance

Sarah Erwin-Jones and Louise Fisher look at the responsibilities of local authorities to children who remain living at home with their family It is important to distinguish the duty of care which arises after a full care order, where the local authority becomes a statutory parent, from the entirely different position of a child receiving …

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Inheritance Act: Real world considerations

Thomas Middlehurst discusses the impact of a Court of Appeal decision concerned with a vulnerable party and the definition of liabilities when considering debts and costs The situation where a person has disqualified themselves from participating in the hearing by their conduct is wholly different from the duty to ensure effective participation by litigants who …

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Adult children: End of the road

Anna Shadbolt and Philippa Davies reflect on the limits of financial provision for adult children The decision in Siddiqui could be viewed as a simple restatement of the boundaries of the current law, without going any further, but it could also constitute a useful clarification of the existing law in the event of claims by …

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Divorce: All in the past?

Lottie Tyler analyses the requirements for a divorce to be recognised as an overseas divorce in transnational cases The specificity as to the institution of the proceedings taking place in the same country in which the divorce was obtained is the primary focus of the relevant case law and the reason why there are some …

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