Matrimonial Assets – Is Sharing sometimes harder to do than Giving? In recent years the law in respect of non-matrimonial and matrimonial issues in financial remedy proceedings is often challenged in financial cases. The 8 point overview below will shine some...Read MoreTags: McFarlane, matrimonial assets, miller, sharing, white v white
Setting Priorities During Divorce – A Guest Post by Wendi Schuller Divorce is a time when one can be scattered. Too many things bombarding us at once. Too many decisions requiring immediate attention. You may feel like you are on a roller coaster speeding along...Read MoreTags: guest blog, wendi schuller, guest post, priorities, squirrel
Marriage and Divorce in China after implementation of the First Civil Code A Guest Post by Yacong Lin The First Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China will come into effect on January 1, 2021. It will have an impact on Marriage and Divorce in China. Upon the...Read MoreTags: Yacong Lin, marriage, guest blog, guest post, china, first civil code
Three Best Rated in York 2020 Paradigm Family Law is delighted to announce that we have been handpicked as ‘Best Family Law Solicitor in York 2020’ by Three Best Rated. The awards are given out after a 50-Point inspection undertaken by the Three Best Rated...Read MoreTags: awards, legal 500, three best rated
Consent Order Recitals – Are they enforceable in the same way as an Order? In a recent case, BSA v NVT [2020] EWHC 2906 (Fam) the enforceability of Consent Order recitals was one of a number of issues the Court had to address. In this post, we summarise the key...Read MoreTags: recitals, enforcement, consent order, schedule 1, schedule one, recital
Dating After Divorce – A Guest Post by Wendi Schuller Those dating post-divorce have unique challenges than people who have been steadily dating throughout the years. One may be carrying more baggage or be emerging from trauma. Unwritten rules seem to have...Read MoreTags: guest blog, wendi schuller, guest post, dating
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: guest post, Irena Trnka De Benedictis, abuse, coercive, domestic control, domestic violence
