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As we all know, the consequence of purchasing the family home in joint names is that this brings into operation a default rule that, unless the contrary is proved, ‘joint tenants in this context are...

Lauren Bovington, International Family Law GroupThe High Court recently handed down judgment formally recognising the status of an adoption that took place in 2008 in Nepal. In QS v RS and...

On 20 October, the Bristol Civil and Family Justice Centre hosted another informative evening event open to the public. This time the focus was on ‘Mothers in recurrent care proceedings: how do we...

With government statistics confirming that in 34% of private law disputes neither party has the benefit of legal representation from either a barrister or a solicitor it is perhaps of no surprise that...

The President of the Family Division has recently confirmed what family law professionals have known for a long time. The system is on its knees, brutally stripped of resources and full to the brim...

Nicholas Bennett, Partner, Farrer & CoThe metaphor of Brexit as 'divorce' has become a cliché since the referendum result. To this commentator's eye at least, it betrays a misunderstanding of the...

Closed material procedures and family proceedingsIn X, Y and Z (Disclosure to the Security Service) [2016] EWHC 2400 (Fam), McDonald J considered briefly at the end of his judgment (paras [89] to...

By Louisa Ghevaert, partner and head of the fertility and parenting team at Michelmores LLPThe ruling by Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, In the Matter of the...

Recent years have seen a number of decisions on the interpretation of s 310 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA) and s 11 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (WRPA).Section 310 IA provides for...

Throughout financial negotiations everyone is aiming for the same thing: a final settlement that comprehensively deals with all the financial arrangements to be made on the divorce. The parties might...

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