Are you worth £7.5 million? Hot on the heels of our post on the Certification of Complex Financial Remedy cases, Mr Justice Mostyn on the authority of the President of the Family Division, Sir James Munby has issued a ‘Statement on the Efficient Conduct of...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, financial, matrimonial, financial proceedings, financial remedy
How to find the perfect Wedding Venue The Registrar General for England and Wales has issued updated guidance on the approval of premises as venues for civil marriages and civil partnerships. It provides detailed guidance as to how the public, local authorities,...Read MoreTags: family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, civil partnership, marriage, prenuptial agreement, wedding, financial, matrimonial, postnuptial
Clarity for Committal Applications for Contempt Lord Thomas, Lord Chief Justice has issued the following Practice Guidance to answer queries which have arisen following the publication of the Committal Practice Direction issued on 26 March 2015. The guidance is...Read MoreTags: family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, matrimonial, courtroom, committal
We are all human The 2nd Criminal Chamber of the German Bundesgerichtshof allowed an appeal against the decision made by a lower Court (Landgericht Frankfurt), while one Judge arranged child care by text message during the hearing and whilst a witness gave evidence...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, international, courtroom, texting
Financial Remedies Unit In those cases where financial complexity is involved, the Central Family Court has issued a Certificate that must now be completed in order for the case to be referred to the Financial Remedies Unit (FRU). The Certificate includes guidance...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, mediation, marriage, maintenance, funding, enforcement, financial, matrimonial, financial proceedings
I declare you ‘Husband and Wife’ In the recently reported case of N v D [2015] EWFC 28, the Court had to consider the validity of a foreign marriage ceremony which took place in Nigeria on an application by the wife (N) for a declaration of marital status...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, paradigm family law, york, family, children, marriage, international, wedding, matrimonial, private, declaration
London & South East Divorce Centre Further to Paradigm Family Law’s previous post on the new Divorce procedures (here) a further meeting took place on 18 June at Chancery Lane, organised by the Law Society’s Family Section, and attended by members of...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family
A wind-up? The judgment in Wyatt v Vince just goes to show the importance of dismissing financial claims on divorce – the so called ‘clean break’ order – however large or small those claims might be at the time of the divorce itself. In that...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, separated, marriage
Behind closed doors The Family Court is certainly in the news this week, with reports of Rebecca Minnock the ‘runaway mother’ making the headlines. But is this a one off or an indicator of something more prevalent? Figures published this week by CAFCASS...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, children, survey, matrimonial, private, publicity
Can you keep it in the family? At Paradigm Family Law we have seen a rise in the number of enquiries by family members wanting to set up trusts in order to make provision for their loved ones. They are hoping to ensure that they can keep the money in the family if...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, children, marriage, inheritance, postnuptial, settlement, trust