Prenuptial Agreements Essentially, Prenuptial agreements are advisory notices to the court. They do not have binding statu regardless of their form or content. That may surprise many people because much more is heard about prenuptial agreements in this jurisdiction...Read MoreTags: prenuptial agreement, granatino, pre-nup, prenup, radmacher
Yorkshire Legal Awards Finalists – Paradigm Family Law Paradigm Family Law is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted in this year’s Yorkshire Legal Awards in the ‘Family Law’ category. The Awards will be held on 10 October 2019 at the...Read MoreTags: awards, family law awards, shortlist, yorkshire legal awards
Divorce is Different for Men In our latest in a series of posts from guest blogger Tara Eisenhard has written about her experiences as a Divorce Coach and the impact of divorce upon men and how it can differ from the experience by women. As a Divorce Coach, I help...Read MoreTags: guest blog, tara eisenhard
Financial Remedies Court High Court Judge Mr Justice Mostyn, the national Lead Judge of the Financial Remedies Court (FRC), has just issued a message on the successful extension of the Financial Remedies Courts in England and Wales and the purpose is to ensure that...Read MoreTags: Financial Remedy Court, FRC, Mostyn, private FDR
President’s Guidance The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane has just issued new guidance on the preparation of Court Orders in children cases. The President’s Guidance is apparently as a result of constraints in the administration of...Read MoreTags: children, news, presidents guidance, standard orders
Divorce Valuations In the first of what we hope will be a series of ‘Top Tips’ articles we will be exploring various aspects of the Divorce process and procedure. Today we look at the importance of valuing the assets in divorce correctly and the main...Read MoreTags: divorce valuations, Paul Read, valuations
Corporate Pre-Nups – Marital Demergers There has been much said and reported about the use of Pre-Nuptial agreements between couples embarking on marriage as a sensible way to plan for the future in the unfortunate event of a divorce. At Paradigm Family Law, we...Read MoreTags: family, prenuptial agreement, business, corporate pre nup, divorce proof business, prenup, divorce, family law, legal advice, paradigm family law, york
Diamond Divorcees In this blog post, we look at the increasing number of couples separating and divorcing later in life – increasingly referred to as the ‘Silver Splitters’. We prefer to call them ‘Diamond Divorcees’. Divorce in Retirement What is it that triggers...Read MoreTags: over 65, silver splitter, divorce, pension, financial proceedings, 65 and over, divorcee
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: UK, USA, discretionary trust, irrevocable trust, Paul Black, trust assets
