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Family Flyer 82
October 5, 2020
The Financial Remedy Courts – Coronavirus latest update or let’s get a reality check!
Let’s get real – the Court system cannot effectively operate in the present developing shut down of the country. Social contact is already being advised against. Court cases like non urgent operations will have to be put off. In the meantime, until this penny finally drops, here is the latest issued advice just received.
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Family Flyer 81
March 17, 2020
One Swallow Does Not Make A Summer
An analysis of XW v XH [2019] EWCA Civ 2262 |
Introduction:
In White (2000) Lord Nicholls powerfully emphasised “one principle of universal application“, namely that:
- “In seeking to achieve a fair outcome, there is no place for discrimination between the husband and the wife and their respective roles“, at p.605 B/C; and
- “..whatever the division of labour chosen by the husband and wife, or forced upon them by circumstances, fairness requires that this should not prejudice or advantage either party when considering” their respective contributions, at p. 605 D; and
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Family Flyer 80
March 17, 2020
The Financial Remedy Courts (‘FRC’)
Good Practice Protocol (Nov 2019) – Summarised
Introduction:
The following is my summarised version of the recently published Best Practice Protocol, which practitioners can expect will be increasingly applied by the Family Remedy Court locally – with little, if any, exception – it is crucial that we all are familiar with the basic requirements covered – I have asterisked * commentary on those requirements which need particular attention….
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Family Flyer 79
March 17, 2020
Women in the Law – Time to Arise
Introduction:1. Having spent more than 45 years in practice as a barrister mainly in family law and much of that in divorce financial remedy cases, the author has witnessed at first hand in that time the working out of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973,which had then just come on to the statute book.
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Family Flyer 78
March 17, 2020
Waggott Rules OK
O’Dwyer v O’Dwyer [2019] EWHC 1838 (Fam) |
1. An appeal before Francis J from a first instance financial remedy decision of His Honour Judge O’Dwyerwhich reveals the approach required following Waggott v Waggott[2018] 2FLR 406, that a spouse’s future income post divorce is off limits to the sharing principle unless need or compensation require otherwise and the extent of capital amortisation necessary in the exercise of assessing the weaker financial spouse’s income to meet needs.
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Family Flyer 77
March 17, 2020
The Pilot Scheme and Dialogue
1. One of the former President’s last acts was the extended roll out of the Financial Court Pilot Scheme (President’s Circular: Financial Remedies Court Pilot Phase 2 -July 2018), which at last creates in 9 regions, a specialised financial judge system of courts. The intention is this initiative along with the Family Court generally becomes fully digitised in due course. The centralisation of such expertise, it is hoped, will be its own driver for excellence and consistency of delivery – which is not only required in this area of law but others too.
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Family Flyer 76
March 17, 2020
FOR THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING’ – THE PRIVATE FDR
Introduction:
1. In February this year I was invited to the offices family lawyers firm, O’Sullivan Davies in Perth, Australia. Having delivered a seminar on ‘The History of and Present Approach to Prenuptials in England and Wales’ to an invited audience of law firms there earlier, I took the opportunity to dine out with James Claringbold, a partner of the firm and who himself had had secondment experience as an overseas lawyer only a few years ago in specialist family Chambers in London.
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Family Flyer 75
March 17, 2020
Extension of term – how exceptional should the gateway to extension be?
Introduction:
1. In a recent speech by Mr Justice Mostyn to the Devon and Somerset Law Society on 16 October 2018 ‘SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE – Where did it come from, where is it now, and where is it going?’, His Lordship has suggested that his guidelines in relation to claims for maintenance as set out in his judgment in SS v SN (Spousal Maintenance) [2014]EWHC 4183 (Fam) had prevailed in tact since:
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Family Flyer 74
December 9, 2018
Ideals in a less than ideal system
The Central Family Court has now issued a directive that family professionals will be expected to draw up non financial orders, if the case is concluded by 1pm, by 4.30 pm that day and, if concluded later that day, then by the start of business the next working day.
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Family Flyer 73
December 9, 2018
Current Position of the Prenuptial Agreement (‘PNA’)
In recent instructions to draft a number of prenuptial agreements, I have provided to the solicitor a Summary of the present developed position concerning the approach to prenuptial agreements. I have been told the Summary was found useful and so I have included the same now as a Flyer to at least provide a quick aide memoire of the up to date law on this subject.
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