The Assessment of Pre Marital Wealth As Family lawyer we often have to deal with cases where there is “pre marital wealth”. But how should this be treated in divorce case particularly in the context of England’s status as the capital of divorce in a post-Brexit world....Read MoreTags: pre marital wealth, divorce, financial proceedings, financial remedy, pre marital property
Fear of the Unknown Fear of the unknown can make the early stage of divorce scary. Juggling child care, finances and the uncertainty of the outcome adds to one’s stress. Getting expert legal advice at the onset can allay some of these fears and make the divorce...Read MoreTags: wendi schuller, divorce, legal advice, guest blog, life coach
BREXIT STRESS TEST At Paradigm Family Law we have a dedicated International Family Law department headed by Managing Partner, Frank Arndt. Since the momentous referendum decision taken by the UK on 23 June, we have seen a number of enquiries coming in from clients...Read MoreTags: financial remedy, brexit, referendum, divorce, international, consent order, financial proceedings
Family Law Awards 2016 Paradigm Family Law are celebrating having been nominated in this year’s prestigious Family Law Awards in three categories for: Family Law Regional Firm of the Year (North) 2016 Family Law Partner of the Year 2016 – for our Managing Partner (for...Read MoreTags: paradigm family law, awards, family law awards, nomination
Does Size Matter? This is a question which is as old as the answer and we don’t know what Henry VIII of England would say, but if you asked the famous Size Matters Beer Tour, (which is the top ranking Munich beer tour on Trip Advisor), they would clearly say, “Yes”....Read MoreTags: divorce, marriage, matrimonial, financial remedy
Catch Me If You Can It was Christian Slater who said, “Good judgement comes from experience. Sometime experience comes from bad judgement”. But what if your experience is that your Ex does not want to pay? What if your Ex still lives the “champagne lifestyle” and yet...Read MoreTags: judgement summons, judgment summons, enforcement, financial, financial proceedings, financial remedy
It’s Payback Time It sounds like a perfectly reasonable idea, taking money from criminal’s ill-gotten gain recovering their proceeds of crime. Under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) provisions were enacted to make this possible. Criminal Funds Under POCA,...Read MoreTags: s.25 matrimonial causes act, matrimonial home, POCA, proceeds of crime, divorce, family law, enforcement, conduct
Can I Change my Mind? With all the debate over whether the European Treaty change commitments signed by all member states of the European Union are binding or not upon the European Court of Justice, at Paradigm Family Law we thought we’d take a look at the position...Read MoreTags: agreement, prenuptial agreement, consent order, financial proceedings, postnuptial
Love is in the Air Valentine’s Day is upon us and love is in the air, well for most. On a day when everyone seems to be giving and receiving cards filled with love, chocolate flowers and gift what do you do when instead you have divorce papers thrust in your face over...Read MoreTags: mediation, financial proceedings, valentines day, divorce, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law
“I have, therefore I am” In the past 50 years the consumption of luxury goods has moved geographically from Europe to the USA (1970s) to Japan (1980s) to Russia (1990s) and is now spreading across Greater China. Extremely popular investments were found in...Read MoreTags: lifestyle, divorce, legal advice, paradigm family law, separated
