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2022

The Scandal of Costs in Financial Remedy Proceedings in English Family Law

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

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Family law using Crypto Service?

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

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Will the advent of Brussels IIa Recast herald a new dawn?

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,

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Some practical pitfalls with England’s new divorce law

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

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Civil Partnerships – Home and Abroad

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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The procedure for England’s new divorce law

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

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