There are many different types of lawyer that can advise on your family law matter in England & Wales. Some categories of lawyer are regulated by professional bodies and carry mandatory levels of indemnity insurance. Other lawyers are unregulated and…
An Order for Sale is a Court judgment ordering the sale of a property. Increasingly, our clients are finding that their properties are difficult to sell in the current housing market. According to an article from the BBC this week,…
There are five facts you can use to obtain a divorce in England & Wales. The question of who pays for the costs of the divorce will normally be determined by the fact which is proven in the divorce. The…
When you marry someone, the financial rules between you change. There is a set of laws, put into place by parliament, which set out what should happen to your assets if your marriage ends. It is not the case that…
What happens if you have agreed to a spousal maintenance order, and a decade or two later, life has moved on for both of you, the children have left home, but you are still paying a joint lives order? Does…
When your family law matter finally reaches court, your case will be heard by one (or more) judges. The type of judge you encounter will depend on the court where your case is being heard. Standard family cases are heard in the County Court or…
Funding a divorce can be very difficult, especially for those whose spouses control all, or the majority, of the family wealth. It can be very frustrating when a spouse effectively cuts off a client from family funds and leaves them…
In the recent case of K v K*, a Husband and Wife proceeded through the usual steps of a financial application, and at final hearing an outcome was imposed on both parties by the judge. It subsequently transpired that Decree…
The High Court recently dealt with a non-paying husband and father, imposing a suspended sentence of 14 days of imprisonment, after he refused to pay the amount he had previously agreed to pay in child maintenance and towards legal fees.…
There is an element of “crystal ball gazing” when determining any spousal maintenance order. A court may have to decide upon a person’s likely future earning capacity, and estimate the income needs of two parties. The Court of Appeal however…