Andrew Commins, a colleague in chambers, has written an interesting article for Family Law Week on the impact of remarriage on variation applications by the ex spouse. I particularly like the mental image described in the extract from Delaney v Delaney [1991] 2 FLR 457, CA, that the court will deprecate “any notion that a former husband and extant [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ancillary relief’
The Second Wife Impact
Posted in stuff, tagged ancillary relief, divorce, family courts, financial, remarriage on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A bit Woolley…
Posted in stuff, tagged ancillary relief, childcare, divorce, family, maintenance on February 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A couple of tweets from @woolleyandco alerted me to some interesting posts on their blog: Andrew Woolley has it spot on about Baroness Deech’s curiously reality-detached approach to humiliating divorce settlements (I think she means demeaning, but anyway). “You say humiliating, I say equality…”. Doesn’t scan but you get the point. And as for the [...]
Hedge v Hog
Posted in stuff, tagged ancillary relief, divorce, family law, funding on October 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
What odd times we live in. The Guardian reported on Saturday that hedge fund managers are now betting on the outcome of high worth ancillary relief cases by funding the litigation costs of one party in return for a largeish chunk of the prize. Given that this is the type of arrangement which springs up [...]
Trustee in Bankruptcy has 3 Year Window
Posted in stuff, tagged ancillary relief, bankruptcy, family law, family proceedings, financial on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have not had time to read the full report of this case reported last week in The Times: Lewis and Another v Metropolitan Property Realisations Ltd (Court of Appeal, July 15 2009), but it is certainly going to be worth a look both for families concerned about losing their home and ex-(or soon to [...]
The Prurient Eye
Posted in stuff, tagged ancillary relief, family justice system, openness on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This case concerning the Spencer Divorce is the second case I have seen reported where counsel have tried to argue for privacy within ancillary relief proceedings – and failed. The characteristic of both cases is that the argument was focussed on ousting the media from the hearing in the first place, rather than on restricting what [...]
Ancillary to NOTHING
Posted in stuff, tagged ancillary relief, conduct, divorce, family law, financial on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Where there is no lawful marriage there is no divorce and where there is no divorce there is nothing for ancillary relief to be ancillary to. The BBC reports on the High Court ruling recently in respect of a distant beach marriage that did not create legal ties. Did this poor lady never hear of Jerry [...]
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