Meal Ticket for Life Waggott v Waggott [2018] EWCA Civ 727 (11 April 2018) The latest judgment from Lord Justice Moylan in the Court of Appeal has given the clearest indication yet as to the judicial mood music when it comes to spousal maintenance payments. Far from...Read MoreTags: meal ticket, moylan, spousal maintenance
Decision Making on Divorce Divorce knocks the wind right out of you. Even the simplest decision can be overwhelming. Some individuals do not want to think about choices which need to be made during proceedings. Trying to avoid decisions does not work any better than...Read MoreTags: guest blog, wendi schuller, decision making
Standard Family Orders – Out now for Consultation Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division has issued the second set of Standard Family Orders. They follow the first release from 30 November 2017 and are for consultation. Many of the orders have been in...Read MoreTags: james munby, standard family orders
Schedule 1 Children Act 1989 – Financial Support for Children AN UPDATE to be read in conjunction with Child Maintenance and Schedule 1 – which one? At Paradigm Family Law we continue to see high levels of enquiries from unmarried parents concerning child...Read MoreTags: child maintenance, schedule 1, financial support
In the matter of C (Children) [2018] UKSC 8 – 14.02.2018 BACKGROUND This matter centres around a married man and woman who, until 2015, had been living together in Australia with their two children. By the end of 2014 the marriage was in difficulties. The mother, who...Read MoreTags: international, child abduction
The “Düsseldorfer Tabelle” The “Düsseldorfer Tabelle” for German Child Maintenance changed on 1st January 2018 and might have an impact on the Child Maintenance you receive or have to pay. Here are the most important changes: The minimum Child Maintenance...Read MoreTags: child maintenance, dusseldorfer tabelle, germany
‘Thinking’ is one thing no one has ever been able to tax – but is that true? As Helen Mirren said: “The great marriages are partnerships. It can’t be a great marriage without being a partnership”; but what about the well-known Film Partnership scheme which...Read MoreTags: tax avoidance, tax, film partnership, film partnership scheme
WINNERS: “Excellence in Business Development” Paradigm Family Law is delighted to announce that they were the Winners of the ‘Excellence in Business Development‘ category at last night’s Law Society Excellence Awards. Held at the prestigious Hilton Park Lane Hotel,...Read MoreTags: legal 500, winners, paradigm family law, awards, law society
‘Best Endeavours’ : A term commonly found in commercial contract that places upon the party given such an undertaking, the obligation to use all efforts necessary to fulfil it. “Best endeavours” places a party under a stricter obligation than...Read MoreTags: best endeavour, best endeavours, undertaking
Learning to Move On – A Guest Post by Wendi Schuller There comes a point in divorce when one has to let go of the past. We cannot change it, but rather learn from its life lessons. We are not able to look forward when we are looking behind us. It is similar to...Read MoreTags: move on, moving on, post divorce, wendi schuller, after divorce, letting go
