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2 November 2016

A reminder that the courts have wide discretion when awarding costs: AB v CD [2016] EWHC 2482
This article looks at the outcome of the costs hearing in the long running case of AB v CD [2016] EWHC 2482. The general rule in relation to costs in family financial remedy proceedings is ‘no...
Kathryn Mason
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1 November 2016

PSL Essential Update – October 2016
As another month draws to a close, we review what has been happening over the past month. October 2016 has proved to be a busy month, both in the Family Law events calendar and in the family law arena...
Paula Tanner
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31 October 2016

Is a properly completed TR1 definitive in a cohabitation dispute?
‘Couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land where justice is a game.’ (Bob Dylan, Hurricane)While Bob was singing about deeper matters than who owned a share of another’s house at the...
Gareth Schofield
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31 October 2016

One man’s inference is another man’s imputation: logic theory and legal practice in TOLATA 1996 claims
‘From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagra without having seen or heard of one or the other.’ (Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)In...
Andrew Commins
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31 October 2016

Joint owners, severance and the family home
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...
Mark Pawlowski
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25 October 2016

High Court recognises foreign adoption from Nepal
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...
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21 October 2016

Bristol court hosts ‘Mothers in recurrent care proceedings: how do we break the cycle?’
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...
Amy Sanders
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21 October 2016

Does a McKenzie Friend have many real friends in the legal profession?
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...
Jason Hadden MBE
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18 October 2016

Family Court reform: thinking outside the witness box
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...
Natasha Phillips
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17 October 2016

The European family in crisis: the consequences of Brexit on English family law
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...
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