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Expert commentary, case analysis, and practical guides on divorce, children's arrangements, financial remedy, and more.
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawWho receives child benefit in a Shared Care Court Order?
The Upper Tribunal (UT) enforced the principles of natural justice, ruling that when children genuinely live with both parents, the final decision regarding state benefit entitlement falls exclusively
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawWhen informal applications to extend a child maintenance order are valid
The High Court confirmed the extension of payments beyond the child’s eighteenth birthday to cover the period of their tertiary education. Facts: This appeal concerns the extension of the duration
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Family LawFinancial ArrangementsSham trusts may result in costs orders
In the latest of no fewer than three judgements in complex and high-value divorce proceedings, the High Court established that a created trust was a sham and awarded the wife a lump sum of
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DivorceFamily LawFinancial ArrangementsA valid pre-nuptial agreement requires full and frank disclosure
The Court of Appeal (CoA) has recently clarified the legal principles governing the validity of pre-nuptial agreements (PNAs), emphasising the critical role of full financial disclosure and the limits
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawParental love, non-parentage, and the lives-with order
The High Court has delivered a pivotal judgement concerning the legal parentage and parental responsibility of a child conceived via international fertility treatment, underscoring the complexities
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawA baby’s birthplace is their habitual residence
The High Court dismissed a British mother’s application to have her child returned to her from Spanish care, ruling that it lacked jurisdiction while emphasising that the child’s habitual residence
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawBalancing sibling contact and placement in adoption decisions
The Court of Appeal (CoA) recently heard a case concerning a judge’s decision to make a placement for adoption order for a younger child, while declining to order direct sibling contact with his older
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DivorceFamily LawYou cannot supersede a court order via a letter of intent
The High Court provided crucial clarity on the enforceability of informal agreements between unmarried parents in the context of protracted family litigation concerning financial provision for their
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawIs adoption possible when the co-parents are separated?
This case reflects the judiciary’s willingness to interpret existing legislation sufficiently flexibly to align with the diverse realities of modern family life and, more crucially, prioritise the
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DivorceFamily LawFinancial ArrangementsWhat happens when a seemingly colossal debt materialises during a divorce?
The Court of Appeal (CoA) highlights the perils of a shaky paper trail when substantial third-party debt claims surface during divorce proceedings to demonstrate that a loan was
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawYou cannot involve other children in ongoing care proceedings
The Court of Appeal (CoA) heard a rare case relating to Section 37 of the Children Act 1989. Background: The case arose from care proceedings initiated by the local authority (LA) concerning a baby
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawNo summary return to China for an abducted child
The High Court was faced with a summary return order (SRO) for a child to a country which is not signatory of the 1980 Hague Convention. Background: The father is a British National and the mother
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