by Guest Post | Aug 8, 2024 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, Notorious
In this guest post, barrister Elizabeth Wark explains what happened when a solicitor accidentally applied online for a divorce for the wrong client, and why that couldn’t be fixed by the court. The facts In the recent case of Williams v. Williams [2024] EWHC 733...
by Polly Morgan | Feb 6, 2024 | Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Between August 2022 and June 2023, I observed, online, a number of hearings in a single case heard by His Honour Judge Shelton who is a judge in the family court in Leeds. The case was about the amount of money that the father/ex husband (James) should pay towards his...
by Julie D | May 31, 2023 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
The Financial Remedies Court sub-group of the Transparency Implementation Group (TIG ) has published a 164 page report. This refers to cases about financial remedies on divorce i.e resolving issues between divorcing couples about their income and assets – they are not...
by Jo Edwards | Apr 19, 2022 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Jo Edwards, Partner and Head of Family, Forsters LLP. Jo tweets as @MissJoEdwards. The headline in last Wednesday’s Daily Mail, a week to the day since the new no fault divorce process was introduced in England and Wales, was as...
by Guest Post | Mar 23, 2022 | Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
This is a guest post by Teena Dhanota-Jones. Teena is a partner and head of the family law department at Portner Law Limited. She tweets as @DhanotaJones I have set out below the law for divorce and dissolution of civil partnerships started before 31...
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