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: des pallieres, international enforcement, london
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: children, guest blog, wendi schuller, guest post, fathers day
The Interaction between Hague Convention cases and Asylum Law in England The Supreme Court (Lord Lloyd-Jone Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrow Lord Stephens) in G (Appellant) v G (Respondent) [2021] UKSC 9 ( on appeal from: [2020] EWCA Civ 1185 ) decided about...Read MoreTags: child abduction, Hague Convention, asylum
Fixed Fees are the Future The recently reported case of TT v CDA (Rev1) 2020 EWCA Civ 1215 has again brought the issue of costs in divorce proceedings into the spotlight. Are fixed fees coming? Having given a comprehensive review of the case law in the area of...Read MoreTags: fixed fee, litigation conduct, fixed fees
Divorce and Taxes – What to look out for As Albert Einstein said: “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax”. In Divorce cases the main concern is the treatment of tax issues and potential future tax liabilities. In G v G (Financial...Read MoreTags: tax, capital gains tax, cgt, income tax, sdlt, tax year
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: marriage, guest blog, guest post, china, first civil code, Yacong Lin
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: enforcement, consent order, schedule 1, schedule one, recital, recitals
