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The Office of National Statistics has released its figures for divorce data in 2012, and advises us that the number of divorces in England and Wales increased by 0.5% to 118,140 compared with 117,558 in 2011. Of those 118,140 divorcing couples the “fact” proven in the petition was as follows: Year of divorce Party to whom…
We are often asked whether a spouse’s bad behaviour will make any difference to a financial settlement during divorce. A case* recently came before the Family Court in which it had to decide whether the Husband’s excessive spending should result in an add-back. In this context an” add back” is when a court nominally add…
The UK Office for National Statistics have released the most recent figures on divorce in the England & Wales (figures for 2016). We have highlighted some of the more interesting statistics from their publication. The estimated percentage of marriages ending in divorce (assuming 2010 divorce and mortality rates throughout the duration of marriage) is 42%….
The issue of how to deal with a business and business valuation on divorce is dealt with in a newly published High Court case of SK v TK*. The husband had establish a very successful business during the marriage, of which he was a majority shareholder. He tried to argue that an equal division of…
A court hearing in the Family Court will usually be recorded by the court. A court transcript is a written version of the recording. As a party to those court proceedings, you can pay to obtain a typed version of the audio recording. This may be useful if there is a dispute about what occurred…
According the latest data from Google Trends, people in West London were most likely to be searching for divorce related information, with Edgware, Hayes, Hounslow and Wembley all making the top 5 hotspots in the UK in 2018. The West Midlands was well represented, with West Bromwich and Worcester both making the top 10 hotspots….
