International Villains Last week Adele confirmed her new album release date and new single, “Hello”. We all remember her famous James Bond song “Skyfall”, but why do most Bond villains seem to have an international background? When I wrote this post I thought that...Read MoreTags: family law, paradigm family law, international, James Bond, spectre
21 October 2015 It’s here, the day that Marty and Doc jumped Back to the Future. 21 October 2015, 30 years into the future from the day in 1985 when the time travelling saga began. Predictions We at Paradigm Family Law were interested to draw comparisons from the...Read MoreTags: fixed fee, divorce, legal advice, paradigm family law, future
A Frank Overview In the past we have seen more and more cases when spouses have been accused of hiding assets. We remember the Young case, when Michelle Young was awarded in 2013 £20m after her husband declared in the proceedings that he was penniless and could not...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, fixed fee, financial, financial proceedings, disclosure
New Entrant of the Year Paradigm Family Law is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted in this year’s Modern Law Awards in the ‘New Entrant of the Year’ category. The Awards will be held on 19 November 2015 at the prestigious Hurlingham...Read MoreTags: awards, paradigm family law, family law, fixed fee
In this post, we consider how to vary a maintenance order, and what you need to show in order for an application to be favourably considered by the court. We will also highlight recent cases where it seems that joint lives orders may be the exception rather than the...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, paradigm family law, family, maintenance, financial, financial proceedings
Sever Us No, not a Professor from Harry Potter, but a way of altering the type of joint ownership of a property. It is often asked of us at Paradigm Family Law – “I’ve been served with a notice saying the joint tenancy has been severed, what does it mean?”. It...Read MoreTags: fixed fee, divorce, legal advice, paradigm family law, trust, joint tenancy, severance, tenants in common