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PSL essential update – Divorce and Finance
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Tis the season to be merry … As family practitioners around the country gear up for Christmas with the inevitable last minute rush we thought we’d provide you with this handy guide to the latest developments in finance and divorce. Read and enjoy with a sherry and mince pie (wishful thinking perhaps?).
What happens after an order is set aside?
In November the case of Goddard-Watts v Goddard-Watts [2016] EWHC 3000 (Fam) was published. A year before the cases of Sharland v Sharland [2015] 2 FLR1367 and Gohil v Gohil [2015] 2 FLR1289 had focused on when a financial order should be set aside (eg for non-disclosure etc) and in October 2016 a new procedure for making such an application was introduced by FPR 2010 r 9.9A. In Goddard-Watts the court considered the approach it should take after the final order had been set aside when rehearing the financial claim. The dilemma it faced was whether it should ‘start from scratch’ or whether it should employ an approach in which it isolated... Read the full article here.
