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: divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, courtroom
Packing your Case The number of cases involving the courts and child arrangements is on the rise. The National Audit office recently published statistics showing a 22% increase in cases involving children contact arrangements, and a 30% increase in cases where neither...Read MoreTags: family law, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, children, contact, separated, holiday
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: paradigm family law, divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, york, family, matrimonial, financial proceedings, courtroom
Let it go? With the unstoppable popularity of Disney animated films – and news that Frozen has become the highest grossing Disney film of all time – Paradigm Family Law take a look at the issues that might affect those budding newly wedded Prince...Read MoreTags: prenuptial agreement, divorce, family law, fixed fee, paradigm family law, family, mediation, children, marriage, wedding, inheritance, postnuptial
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: family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, financial, matrimonial, financial proceedings, financial remedy, divorce
