News & Guides
Expert commentary, case analysis, and practical guides on divorce, children's arrangements, financial remedy, and more.
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DivorceFinancial ArrangementsAre longstanding pension funds matrimonialised assets?
The High Court has clarified how significant pension assets are divided following a long-term marriage, even when a large portion of their cumulative value originated before the couple
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawAbuse by proxy – or why distantly related family members are hard to sue
By ordering a new trial, the High Court confirmed that courts must look at whether a family member might have been “authorised, encouraged, or instigated” by the primary abuser.Background:The facts of
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Child ArrangementsAn extended vacation is no basis for an adoption order
The High Court recently refused an adoption order, serving as a cautionary tale for those attempting to use domestic legal processes to bypass the rigorous safeguards that exist to regulate
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Child ArrangementsHabitual residence is a question of fact, not legal status or intent
The High Court recently affirmed that children of foreign military personnel can become habitually resident in England and Wales regardless of their parents’ diplomatic status or the temporary nature
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawThe long road to international child support
The High Court has ensured that cross-border families should not be left in legal limbo because of the UK’s exit from the European Framework.Facts:In 2006, the mother, an Irish national, and the
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawDisapplying the AFER 2005 in international step-parent adoptions
In an insightful judgement, the High Court has prioritised the reality of established family life over rigid procedural technicalities to ensure a “sensible result” for a stepfather and his
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Child ArrangementsThe legal recognition of “calculated silencing”
The High Court has issued a significant fact-finding judgement ruling that the father’s “calculated cruelty,” emotional withdrawal, and systematic undermining of the mother’s parental role constituted
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Family LawFinancial ArrangementsDeath before decree: Salvaging a financial settlement from intestacy
The High Court has determined that a former spouse, whose financial remedy proceedings were cut short by her ex-husband’s death, was entitled to the transfer of a disputed family home, ruling that the
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawA transgender man cannot be registered as a father
The High Court finally addressed the complex issue of the legal parentage of children born to transgender parents based on the intersectionality arising between the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) 2004
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DivorceFinancial ArrangementsDishonestly accrued debts might not be shared equally in a divorce
The Court of Appeal (CoA) has upheld a financial remedy order (FRO), one that pierced a sham trust structure that was intended to hold one spouse primarily liable for a significant and uncertain tax
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Financial ArrangementsUsing a fabricated loan to escape financial relief is a costly risk
The High Court has delivered a significant ruling in a complex financial remedy case, declaring that a purported £1.6m debt was a fraudulent fabrication intended to strip a matrimonial home of its
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DivorceFamily LawCopper-bottomed vs. cracked glass. A new 55/45 fairness split?
The High Court ruled in favour of the principle of “fairness over strict equality” in cases involving high-risk business assets.Facts:The husband and wife met in 1994 when they were aged 25 and 20,
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