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Philip Cooper and Joanna Kay look at when the courts consider it appropriate to make a Hadkinson order ‘ Hadkinson orders can be used where there has been a failure by one party to meet their obligations under an order for periodical payments and/or a lump sum payment and the paying party subsequently applies to …
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Graeme Fraser examines the complexities of running a claim for financial remedies on divorce where there is a risk of personal and corporate insolvency ‘This article examines the effect of bankruptcy law on financial remedies on divorce, using a case study to demonstrate how this impacts in practice. The case study relates to the insolvency …
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Dawn Register and Fiona Fernie outline tax investigation issues relevant to family cases ‘HMRC is now wielding the stick more publicly in the shape of much higher penalties, the “naming and shaming” of tax evaders, and the closer monitoring of known tax evaders.’Often in the midst of a divorce case it can come to light …
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In the first of a two-part analysis Huw Miles looks at the courts’ approach to compensation If the other party, who has been the beneficiary of the choices made during the marriage, is a high earner with a substantial surplus over what is required to meet both parties needs, then a premium above needs can …
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Caitlin Jenkins asks the question ‘does non-disclosure pay?’ ‘This case highlights the tension between the clear and accepted need to ensure litigants in person are dealt with fairly by the family courts and the frustration, the delay and additional court time that such litigants in person often cause.’ The case of Hutchings-Whelan v Hutchings [2011] …
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Annmarie Gosling and Alvaro Iraizoz Reclusa consider international aspects of pre-marriage financial planning ‘The family courts in England and Wales have a notoriously broad remit in terms of the factors they can take into account when exercising the discretion to make financial orders.’ Pre-nuptial agreements are a topic on which one might think there is …
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Catherine Paget sets out the courts’ approach to competing claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 ‘Where a sum of money belonging to one person is paid into a joint bank account there is a presumption that the owner of the money does not intend to make a gift of it …
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Vicki McLynn summarises the protracted history in G v A and considers lessons to be learnt The history of G v A [2011] does not make comfortable reading for a family lawyer. It demonstrates a complete failure of the system to achieve the objective for which it was designed, which is of course to provide …
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Andrew Meehan outlines the courts’ approach when matrimonial assets include personal injury damages ‘In some cases, the needs of the recipient of the damages may mean that there is little or no readily available capital that might be transferred to the wife. In others, the need of the children and the primary carer may take …
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Claire Glaister highlights the options when dealing with the Land Registry ‘Land Registry offices that deal with applications for a notice or restriction often have different views as to which applications they will accept without question and which ones require further evidence.’Applications to the Land Registry, in the context of family law, are commonplace and …
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