I was invited to speak to the Financial Times on the subject of global divorce and the impact Covid-19 is having on international families going through a divorce or separation. The Financial Times article was published online on 12th October and can be accessed here. The full article produced for the Financial times is below.
You may be someone who gets excited about numbers or it may fill you with dread. Some people find the financial aspect of divorce really daunting, particularly when it comes to working out a budget. In this blog post I explore with Family Consultant and Financial Coach – Kim Crewe how creating a spending plan
In divorce and civil partnership dissolutions one of the powers open to the court is – where circumstances permit – to capitalise spousal maintenance. Capitalisation of a spousal maintenance order simply means rolling future spousal maintenance payments into a one-off payment. Significantly, it does not apply to child maintenance. The court already has the duty
One of the questions we often get asked is ‘how long does it take to get a divorce.’ Unfortunately, there is no ‘one size fits all’ answer to this question. Timescales will largely depend on the individual circumstances of each case. In this case study, I will look at some of the factors which affect
In March 2020, my colleague, Rachel Nicholl, and I qualified as collaborative lawyers. It has opened my eyes to a better, kinder, client-led and solution focussed way of working. I have already been able to put into practice the excellent skills that I have learned from the course, which has influenced and enhanced my practice
On 1 July 2020, the Supreme Court handed down their much-awaited judgement in Villiers v Villiers, a case dealing with jurisdiction in intra-UK divorce and maintenance claims. In this blog, I examine the facts of the case, the surrounding law, the Supreme Court’s decision and the legal implications of this. Villers – the facts of
The position in England and Wales is that there is only one ground for divorce and that is that there has been an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage under Section 1 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. To prove the breakdown, the petitioner at present (until the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill – the so-called
No fault divorce is something that Resolution, the national family justice body, and its members have been campaigning for over 30 years. On 17th June this year, the campaign achieved its aim and the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill passed through the House of Commons. This landmark piece of legislation will fundamentally change how the
The subject of divorce is very much under focus at the moment given the second reading of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill in the House of Commons. However, for the purposes of this article I am going to consider the law as it currently is rather than what it will hopefully be in the
In the first part of this blog I explained what Early Neutral Evaluation is, how the process works and where it differs from a Financial Dispute Resolution court hearing (FDR). Here, I am going to explain some of the benefits of Early Neutral Evaluation over the court process by way of an illustrative comparison. To