When should your legal team apply for an oral disclosure hearing (a “Coleridge application”)? Sometimes in complex cases it is important to keep the right strategy from the outset, but it is always easy to second guess after the fact. However, the Court (and the...Read MoreTags: disclosure, coleridge, oral disclosure, oral hearing, os v ds
How Are Trust Assets Handled on Divorce in the U.S.A. and U.K? By: Paul Black, The Law Office of Paul Black The happiest day of your life was your wedding day, but the fairytale is coming to an end. Divorce is often emotional and volatile. When property is involved,...Read MoreTags: USA, discretionary trust, irrevocable trust, Paul Black, trust assets, UK
Common Law Marriage : British Social Attitudes Despite our best efforts (Cohabitation Rights) it seems that the message is still not getting through regarding common law relationships. In the latest survey on the subject, undertaken by The National Centre for Social...Read MoreTags: common law, common law marriage, myth
Money, Money, Money….must be Yesterday Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie announced on X in a joint statement that they are to divorce after a 25-year marriage. “After a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided...Read MoreTags: amazon, amazon divorce, stellar
Divorce Day Could festive cheer bring about heartbreak in the New Year? The first Monday after New Year is said to be ‘D-Day’ in the Family Lawyer’s calendar and January is the most popular month to start divorce proceedings in this country. We think you are likely to...Read MoreTags: divorce, marriage, holidays, d day, new year
The Judiciary’s Expectations of Expert Witnesses The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has delivered the keynote address to the Bond Solon Experts Conference. Sir Andrew, describing the role of expert witnesses in children case said:...Read MoreTags: expert witness, experts
