‘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: divorce, family law, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, marriage, financial proceedings
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
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: divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, children, contact, international, jurisdiction
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
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: family law, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, children, contact, international, jurisdiction
