Matrimonial finance law: Law Commission to review to what extent one party should meet the other’s needs and what should be the treatment of “non-matrimonial property”

Lorian — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:10:02 +0000

The Law Commission is to review two aspects of matrimonial finance law that entitles married couples and civil partners to claim financial provision from one another on divorce or ...
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£2.3 million High Court settlement for Brain Injured Client

Lorian — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:56:10 +0000

24.11.11

The litigation department were recently successful in securing the future needs of a claimant, who sadly suffered significant injuries in a road traffic collision.

The Claimant was a ...
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Cohabitation – Supreme Court rules on unmarried couples’ property rights

Lorian — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:04:55 +0000

This related to an Appeal heard by the Supreme Court (the highest court in England and Wales). The Supreme Court reviewed the correct approach to calculating beneficial interests in ...
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High Court upholds French pre-nuptial agreement Z v- Z (No 2)

Lorian — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:47:07 +0000

The main issue in this case was whether a French marriage contract (a pre-nuptial agreement) should be upheld.

Facts

Both parties were French. The wife was 50 and the ...
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The treatment of Lottery wins in divorce proceedings

Lorian — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:25:30 +0000

The question of how a lottery win is dealt with by the courts in the context of divorce has recently been considered by the High Court in the case ...
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Cohabitation – No decision from the Government to reform Cohabitation law

Lorian — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:19:07 +0000

The Law Commission has responded to the written ministerial statement issued by the Ministry of Justice stating that it does not intend to take forward the Law Commission’s recommendations ...
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Disclosure and obtaining documents Imerman -v- Imerman

Lorian — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:28:03 +0000

Until recently where a married couple was separating, if one spouse obtained information or documents belonging to the other, rules established in the case of Hildebrand (1992) provided that ...
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How trust assets should be treated in ancillary relief proceedings – Whaley v Whaley [2011] – 31st May 2011

Lorian — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:16:34 +0000

This was a Husband’s appeal in ancillary relief proceedings focusing on the treatment of trust assets. The Court of Appeal determined that as the Husband clearly had access to ...
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New Family Procedure Rules – 6th April 2011

Lorian — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:41:29 +0000

The new Family Procedure Rules 2010 (“FPR”) came into effect on 6th April 2011. They consolidate the existing different set of rules and provide a single set of rules ...
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Kernott -v- Jones. Update on cohabitation case law – 5/10/10

Lorian — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:43:33 +0000

Former co-habitees Leonard Kernott and Patricia Jones took their legal battle to The Court of Appeal and the Court of Appeal handed down its decision on 26th May 2010. ...
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