‘Aristocrat from one of Britain’s most distinguished families is facing jail after he admitted beating his wife during 22 years of marriage.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in November.’
Family Law Week, 6th December 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Thomas Dudley, barrister, of 1 Garden Court Chambers provides a detailed guide to “as complicated a financial remedies case as has been dealt with by the courts”.’
Family Law Week, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Ed Heaton explores the rights of cohabitants.’
New Law Journal, 22nd November 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘Tycoon Scot Young is worth £40 million, a High Court judge ruled today, after his estranged wife Michelle accused him of concealing his fortune to avoid paying out a huge sum in a divorce settlement. Mr Justice Moor said Mrs Young should get a lump sum of £20 million. Mrs Young reacted with fury to the ruling, saying: “It’s disgraceful. I stand by what I said. He’s worth billions.” ‘
The Independent, 22nd November 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Nicola Phillipson, Zenith Chambers, examines the case of Berger v Berger where the Court of Appeal refused permission to the appellant to bring a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 almost six years out of time.”
Zenith Chambers, 5th November 2013
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“The bankrupt tycoon embroiled in Britain’s most high-profile divorce has been labelled a ‘fraudster’ in a separate High Court judgment. Scot Young, a property and telecoms magnate in the middle of an acrimonious battle against his estranged wife, has been caught up in separate litigation involving a former lawyer and one of his alleged creditors.”
The Independent, 17th November 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A wealthy family seems to be ‘tearing itself apart’ in a legal battle which has already cost more than £700,000, a High Court judge has said.”
The Independent, 15th November 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in October.”
Family Law Week, 7th November 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Britain’s top family judge has been asked to cancel 180 divorces after being told the UK courts have been exploited in a massive ‘fraud’ by Italians seeking a quick end to their marriages.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The number of divorcing couples using special out-of-court sessions to settle disputes over property and children has collapsed in the wake of legal aid cuts.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mittal v Mittal: [2013] EWCA Civ ; [2013] WLR (D) 391
“Paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973 gave the courts of England and Wales jurisdiction to stay matrimonial proceedings in favour of competing prior proceedings in a non-member state.”
WLR Daily, 18th October 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The spending power of former City trader, Yan Assoun, 43, was described by a family judge three months ago as ‘beyond the wildest dreams’ of his estranged wife. But with his bitter divorce battle now in the Appeal Court, he insisted: ‘I don’t have any money’.”
The Independent, 22nd October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Tim Amos QC and Duncan Brooks of Queen Elizabeth Building, counsel for the respondent, consider the issues and implications of the Court of Appeal’s important judgment in Mittal v Mittal.”
Family Law Week, 20th October 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Dozens of centres designed to help couples split up amicably are in danger of closure.”
BBC News, 19th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It is a job which has always required the skills of a diplomat, conflict negotiator, property expert and financial whizz all rolled into one.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in September.”
Family Law Week, 3rd October 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Government attempts to promote mediation as an alternative to expensive courtroom divorce and custody battles are failing, according to figures obtained through freedom of information requests.”
The Guardian, 30th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published in August.”
Family Law Week, 11th September 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Re A (a child) [2013] EWCA Civ 1104. Appellate judges are obliged to review systemic failings in the family justice system as a whole, not just the merits of the trial judge’s determination, particularly where the process has deprived the parties of their rights to procedural fairness under Articles 6 and 8. Whilst this particular appeal was not ‘a fitting vehicle to enable a root and branch appraisal of the procedural history of this protracted case’, McFarlane LJ has taken the opportunity to give full voice to the ‘profound feeling of failure’ felt by Court on the part of the Family Justice system.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th September 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
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