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
