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5 July 2020

Coronavirus and the expert witness: valuation instructions
Chris Walklett, FCAFamily lawyers across the country are grappling with the impacts of the Covid-19 on the process of executing and managing family cases. Hand in hand with the health impacts of...
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5 July 2020

Orphans – are some of them prejudiced by the Children Act 1989? Can this be remedied?
James Dove, Harcourt ChambersChristopher Miller, FourteenDavid Sharp, FourteenIf you are unlucky enough to be an orphan, you may be unlucky enough to have no other family member or friend willing or...
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5 July 2020

Supreme Court Judgment in Villiers paves the way for English Maintenance Claims alongside a Scottish divorce
On 1 July 2020, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the matter of Villiers. The appeal, which was brought by the husband, centered on whether the English court has jurisdiction to make a...
Lina Khanom
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5 July 2020

England v Scotland: the Supreme Court decides
Villiers v Villiers [2020] UKSC 30 is a highly unusual but important family law case about the respective powers of the Scottish and English courts.The factsMr and Mrs Villiers married in 1994. They...
Katie Lowe
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5 July 2020

The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus)(Amendment) Regulations 2020: regulations introduced during a global pandemic that will have implications for the most vulnerable children
Professor Kim Holt, Professor of Family Law Northumbria University/Barrister at Trinity ChambersProfessor Nancy Kelly, Professor of Judgment and Decision Making in Social Work, Northumbria...
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5 July 2020

Villiers decision leaves the door open to divorce/maintenance split
Tourism over the summer months has become the impossible dream. But "tourism" in the sense of where to gain the best outcome for spousal maintenance is here to stay. That is the net effect of the...
Jennifer Wilkie
Articles 5 July 2020
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1 July 2020

Consultation on improving the procedure for the enforcement of family financial orders
The Family Procedure Rule Committee (FPRC) has announced a stakeholder consultation on making the general enforcement application procedure (for the enforcement of family financial orders) more...
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1 July 2020

Major overhaul of family courts to protect domestic abuse victims
The government has announced an overhaul of how the Family Court deals with domestic abuse to provide greater protection to survivors of domestic abuse.Proposed reforms include: • more...
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29 June 2020

Drinking, Addiction and Divorce: Testing Times
It is often said that marriage and alcohol do not mix.I write this at a time when everyone appears to have a fascination with what others are drinking and when I say what, I mean how much.Alcoholism...
Michael Rowlands
Articles 29 June 2020
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29 June 2020

Double wedding, Double trouble: Why having two wedding ceremonies can cause problems later
An increasing number of couples have more than one marriage ceremony – one legal and one non-legal.  Perhaps they have a civil ceremony before jetting off to an exotic location for their...
Megan Bennie
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