Webb (Appellant) v Webb (Respondent) (Cook Islands) [2020] UKPC 22 – The Privy Council considered the relevance of a family trust in matrimonial property case On 3 August 2020 the Privy Council handed down judgment in Webb (Appellant) v Webb (Respondent) (Cook...Read MoreTags: trust, trusts, trust assets, privy council, webb v webb
Nightingale Courts – 10 New Courts The Lord Chancellor has announced the locations for the Nightingale Courts to deal with the backlog of cases caused by the Covid pandemic. The Government’s Press Release sets out the full details: The 10 sites will host...Read MoreTags: covid, nightingale court
Maintenance Claims across UK Borders – The Elephant in the Room In Villiers v Villiers [2020] UKSC 30 (on appeal from [2018] EWCA Civ 1120 ) the Supreme Court had to decide today about the “Brexit” elephant in the room, when apparently for the first time in 200...Read MoreTags: maintenance, brexit, cross border, international maintenance
Recognising Domestic Control and Abuse In this latest of a series of Guest Posts our contributor, Irena Trnka De Benedictis writes about coercive control and domestic violence and gives tips on how to spot the signals. Sometimes these remain obscured until it is too...Read MoreTags: Irena Trnka De Benedictis, abuse, coercive, domestic control, domestic violence, guest post
Nuptial Agreements – Can they be changed? It was reported in The Guardian on Saturday that a soon to be published book has made the claim that Melania Trump delayed moving into the White House when Donald Trump became President because she was renegotiating her...Read MoreTags: post nuptial agreement, Paul Read, prenup, nuptial agreement, pre nuptial agreement, trump
You Can Run But You Can’t Hide As we are currently still in the transition period after the Brexit withdrawal agreement , the European Court decided an urgent issue within international child maintenance enforcement proceedings. The Court has been asked to...Read MoreTags: international, child maintenance, debt
