‘For richer, for poorer…’ The recent case of MAP v MFP [2015] EWHC 627 is the latest in a line of cases where ‘add back’ has been considered by the Court, in circumstances where the applicant wife sought to accuse the husband of profligate...Read MoreTags: financial proceedings, marriage, family, york, paradigm family law, legal advice, family law, divorce
“It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.” – Winston Churchill With the recent decision in the Court of Appeal in the case of Critchell v Critchell [2015] EWCA Civ 436 making waves for being one of the few...Read MoreTags: international, financial proceedings, consent order, family, legal advice, family law, divorce
A guest post by Valerie Albarda Your wedding day has come and gone. It may have been decades since you spoke the words that bonded you in holy matrimony or perhaps it was just a few years ago. Through it all, you maintained that the love would last, the bond would...Read MoreTags: paradigm family law, legal advice, family law, divorce, york, matrimonial, financial, marriage, civil partnership, separated, family
In this post, Head of International Family Law at Paradigm Family Law, Frank Arndt discusses jurisdictional issues – a topic that is generating a great deal of interest at the moment: I recently wrote a post about Art 15 BIIR and the importance of...Read MoreTags: paradigm family law, jurisdiction, international, contact, children, family, york, legal advice, fixed fee, family law, divorce
What’s the recipe for success? In his recent decision in JL v SL (no.2) [2014] EWHC 360 Fam, Mostyn J sets out the considerations that apply when dividing assets that are matrimonial or non matrimonial. Here, the wife had challenged the first instance decision...Read MoreTags: matrimonial, inheritance, maintenance, marriage, family, york, paradigm family law, legal advice, fixed fee, family law, divorce
The greatest remedy for anger is delay or international cooperation In the last couple of years more and more cases have come before the Courts involving Art 15 Brussels IIR. They all have the pressing question: Which Court has jurisdiction? In April this year,...Read MoreTags: paradigm family law, jurisdiction, international, contact, children, family, york, legal advice, family law
Death – the ultimate clean break? As matrimonial lawyers we often talk of clean break settlements. Many people use the term, but do they understand what it means in the context of the death of their spouse or civil partner? Not everyone is perhaps aware that...Read MoreTags: fixed fee, family law, divorce, paradigm family law, inheritance, financial, cohabitation, maintenance, marriage, civil partnership, york
All human beings have three lives: public, private and secret Recently an English newspaper reported that a “Banker ‘hacked ex-wife’s computer’ in a bitter £1.2million divorce battle over French villas and luxury watches worth £50,000 and her lawyers...Read MoreTags: fixed fee, consent order, financial, funding, marriage, york, paradigm family law, legal advice, family law, divorce
Vary, revoke or appeal In the recently decided case of CS v ACS & Anor [2015] EWHC 1005 (Fam) the President of the Family Division, Munby J has rectified an area of the law that was causing difficulties for anyone seeking to vary a consent order. It concerns a...Read MoreTags: consent order, york, paradigm family law, legal advice, fixed fee, family law, divorce
The importance of Bitcoins in divorce cases We read somewhere that trust is the new currency. Some say that trust is the glue of life. It’s definitely the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the founding principle that holds all...Read More