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: divorce, family law, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, separated, civil partnership, marriage, financial, matrimonial
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: divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, marriage, maintenance, inheritance, matrimonial
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: divorce, family law, fixed fee, paradigm family law, york, civil partnership, marriage, maintenance, cohabitation, financial, inheritance
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: divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, marriage, funding, financial, consent order
How do you feel today? The ONS has published a study it calls ‘Life in the UK 2015’ – a study of national well being. It says it provides a snapshot of life in the UK today, and uses 10 areas to measure the state of the nation including our health, how we use...Read MoreTags: family law, paradigm family law, york, family, children, marriage, survey
