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 [...]
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The Second Wife Impact
Posted in stuff, tagged ancillary relief, divorce, family courts, financial, remarriage on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Amending the Register
Posted in stuff, tagged child support, children, family law, fathers, financial, new law, parental responsibility on June 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been meaning to make a short post about registration of births since going through the process myself with our newborn. Today it is reported that the arrangements are going to change. For myself and the other half registration of his name as father on the certificate is automatic since we are married, but for [...]
Mills McCartney Award Announced – and Judgment published in full
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ancillary relief, celebrity, divorce, financial, news, openness on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, we all knew there would be some kind of appeal – and apparently it is by way of Heather Mills McCartney appealing the decision to make the full judgment public, due to be heard tomorrow. In the meantime here is a link to the summary of the judgment published today. . In short, Heather [...]
NSPCC and Law Society Wade In
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged care, children, courts, family, financial on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The NSPCC and the Law Society have recently aired their concerns by press release about the detrimental side-effects that the enormous hike in court fees for the issue of care proceedings is likely to have on child welfare. NSPCC director and chief executive, Dame Mary Marsh, says quite rightly: . ‘It is a matter of [...]
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