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Get in ContactWhilst we welcome the recent downward trend in the UK’s headline inflation...
RPI and CPI Indexing – spousal maintenance and inflation
Published on 14th Mar 2023 by: Grace Savage
For most people, it is impossible to escape the cost of living...
The cost of living crisis and index linked spousal maintenance orders
Published on 6th Dec 2022 by: Hannah Gumbrill-Ward
Changes to spousal maintenance As you may have read in my previous...
Can’t pay or won’t pay – in what circumstances will spousal maintenance be changed?
Published on 19th Jul 2022 by: Lisa Burton-Durham
In short, yes, but applications to vary (i.e. change) maintenance can be...
Can a spousal maintenance order be varied?
Published on 21st Jun 2022 by: Charlotte Plowman
As inflation in the UK hits a 40 year high of 9%,...
The rising cost of living – can I ask for more maintenance?
Published on 8th Jun 2022 by: Alice Scambler
It is perhaps unsurprising that someone who has been ordered to pay...
Can I stop paying maintenance if my ex is living with their new partner?
Published on 22nd Feb 2022 by: Lisa Burton-Durham
I am regularly asked by clients, and individuals who I am offering...
Spousal and civil partner maintenance – what is it? why do I have to pay it? how much and for how long?
Published on 12th Feb 2022 by: Lisa Burton-Durham
Co-authored by Kate Elliott. With thanks to QEB, 1 Crown Office Row, 1GC,...
Top 10 changes to family law in the past 10 years
Published on 29th Dec 2020 by: Polly Dallyn
In my previous blog on spousal maintenance payments I dealt with maintenance...
How do I enforce a spousal maintenance order when my ex lives outside of the UK?
Published on 12th Dec 2018 by: Lisa Burton-Durham
I have previously written a number of blogs about the tricky subject...
What happens if my ex stops paying spousal maintenance?
Published on 5th Dec 2018 by: Lisa Burton-Durham