I was fortunate enough to spend a couple of weeks in Australia last month with David Hodson visiting some of our family lawyer friends in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth along with Singapore. Within our practice we work on many Anglo/Australian cases, so I already had a good understanding of
Executive summary Over the past few years and increasing in intensity, High Court and Court of Appeal judges have strongly condemned very high and/or disproportionate legal costs in financial remedy claims. This is troubling and not good for the reputation of English family law and family lawyers including with their
Executive summary England and Wales as a jurisdiction has been at the cutting-edge of using technology for the benefit of the justice system. The High Court in civil proceedings has just allowed service of proceedings via a non-fungible token (NFT). When and in what circumstances might that be appropriate in
Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 of 25 June 2019 on jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, and on international child abduction (recast) (otherwise known as ‘Brussels IIa Recast’) came into operation in the EU on 1 August 2022 Brussels IIa Recast,
The President of the Family Division has very recently handed down his decision in this matter of: Re: S (A Child) (Jurisdiction) [2022] EWHC 1720 (Fam), in which we acted for the successful applicant mother. Whilst the facts of the case are unique, the judgment serves as a helpful reminder
Whilst the welfare checklist is familiar ground for practitioners, two new cases have brought into sharp focus how the views of children can make a real difference to an outcome of the case. The first is AE and JE v M [2021] EWHC 1957 (Fam) and the second is Re A & B (Rescission of Order: Change
Introduction From today (6 April) there will be a huge change in the way couples divorce in England & Wales when the new no-fault divorce law pursuant to the divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 comes into effect. This no-fault approach to divorce has been long awaited and is welcomed
Executive Summary From 6 April 2022 England and Wales has a new divorce law, so-called no-fault. It is the most significant divorce law change since 1969. It introduces an entirely new basis of obtaining a divorce and a new timetable. It will have different consequences for the applicant and the
The case of Randhawa v Randhawa (Divorce: Decree Absolute, Set Aside, Forgery) [2022] EWFC B7 which came before HHJ Moradifar is most definitely an interesting case, and whilst the facts of this case might not represent many family situations, with increasing numbers of international couples, the issue of whether a
The English Perspective Civil partnerships were initially introduced in England in 2004 for same sex couples, who were unable to marry. Although the legal rights for civil partners were akin to those of married couples, same sex marriage was introduced ten years later, in 2014. Whilst this long-awaited legislation was
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