Divorce Loans – Which do you take, the Hard or Soft option? In this post, we explore the way in which the family court is likely to treat certain divorce loans within a dispute about matrimonial assets. Are they ‘hard’ or ‘soft’? It comes...Read MoreTags: Paul Read, divorce funding, divorce loan, hard loan, HHJ Hess, soft loan
Can You Be Friends With Your Ex? by Wendi Schuller Does divorce end a relationship between a couple? Not necessarily – it can be a shift instead. This depends upon the circumstances of the divorce. As a school nurse, I spoke with parents who were on great terms with...Read MoreTags: friends, guest post, wendi schuller
Remote Hearings – Are they the future in Family Courts and should they continue? The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (NFJO) has published a report called: Remote hearings in the family court post pandemic. They received from over 3,200 professionals and parents...Read MoreTags: remote hearings, remote hearing, nuffield family justice report, nuffield, pandemic, covid
International enforcement of incoming & outgoing orders (before / after 18th June 2011) The Court of Appeal recently confirmed in Des Pallieres v Des Pallieres [2021] EWCA Civ 955 that the enforcement of financial provisions of a French order through the English...Read MoreTags: london, international enforcement, des pallieres
Father’s Day : How To Get Through It Without Your Children – 7 top tips by Wendi Schuller Father’s Day may fall during the shared time period when the children are with their mother. Ideally, she would let you have the youngsters on your special day, but this is...Read MoreTags: fathers day, guest post, wendi schuller, guest blog, children
The Interaction between Hague Convention cases and Asylum Law in England The Supreme Court (Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows, Lord Stephens) in G (Appellant) v G (Respondent) [2021] UKSC 9 ( on appeal from: [2020] EWCA Civ 1185 ) decided...Read MoreTags: asylum, Hague Convention, child abduction
