Annulment or Divorce? If you have reached the end, and don’t know which way to turn, you might be contemplating a divorce. But wait, is it a divorce you are looking for or can you obtain an annulment? Or should you go for an annulment instead of a divorce? There...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, marriage, wedding, financial proceedings, courtroom, annulment
Lord Dyson Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls, has issued new practice guidance on Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Hear-By Dates. In the introductory notes, Lord Dyson outlines the background and rationale leading to the new guidance. He summarises the position as...Read MoreTags: courtroom, divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family
Scandalous In the recent case of JE (husband) v ZK (wife) [2015] EWHC B87 (Times Report by Frances Gibb here), ‘scandalous’ divorce costs drove the wife to attempt suicide. In a case where the size of the matrimonial pot was £350,000, between them the...Read MoreTags: family, matrimonial, financial proceedings, courtroom, york, divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law
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: paradigm family law, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, 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
