by reporting watch team | May 21, 2017 | FCReportingWatch
When married couples and civil partners separate there are two (or three) parts to the legal arrangements : getting divorced (called dissolution if you are in a civil partnership), sorting out the money, and sorting out arrangements for any children. The way the law...
by Julie Doughty | May 17, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
In The Times last week, family courts were accused of being ‘secretive’ because they do not advertise the names of people who are getting divorced – under the headline ‘Call to end divorce case secrecy’ (paywall). ‘Secret’...
by reporting watch team | Apr 14, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
The case of Work v Gray has been in the news this week, as the Court of Appeal dealt with Mr Work’s attempt to overturn a decision that his wife should get a half share of their fortune. We wrote about it in January here : A genius from another planet? This post...
by reporting watch team | Mar 6, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
On 27 February 2017 The Telegraph reported on an ongoing appeal in the Court of Appeal by a wealthy wife (Mrs Sharp) in respect of the financial order made following her divorce. Millionaire wife challenges divorce settlement which gave ex-husband half of £5.45m...
by reporting watch team | Mar 5, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Update : the main judgment in the case of Norman has now been published. You can read it here : Norman v Norman [2017] EWCA Civ 120 (03 March 2017) We’ve previously written about this case when it was covered in the press, and when an earlier judgment was released in...
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