Articles
A selection of articles created by our Barristers
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The FDR: An Integral Part of the Court Process
The Christmas holiday is looming, and if you’re anything like me, you’ll be counting down the days, tying up loose ends to get everything in order before putting your out…
Added in: Financial Remedies and Family Property
By: Liam Kelly
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Experts: An Update
When I look back now on my early days at the Bar, it feels as though applications for expert assessment were so easily granted. I remember Issues Resolution Hearings where…
Added in: Family
By: Annie Sayers
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Surrogacy: a (very) short guide and some recent case law
Surrogacy: a (very) short guide and some recent case law.By Kate Akerman1.. The BBC and other news outlets recently reported on proposed new legislation in Italy which will criminalise surrogacy…
Added in: Family
By: Kate Akerman
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Revocation of Adoption Orders
"The act of adoption has always been regarded in this country as possessing a peculiar finality. This is partly because it affects the status of the person adopted, and indeed…
Added in: Family
By: Joanna Moody
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Children Law Update - December 2024
This season’s edition of the imaginatively titled ‘children law update’ will begin by looking at lying. It is never a good thing when your client lies on oath but, as…
Added in: Family
By: Michael Jones
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Court of Protection Update - December 2024
Since the last update earlier this year there have been a number of interesting Court of Protection cases and the Court of Protection hub provides a useful summary which can…
Added in: Court of Protection
By: Emily Price
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Nuptial Agreements: Case Law Update since Cummings v Fawn [2023] EWHC 830 (Fam) – will the Court impose a ‘spartan lifestyle’?
Nuptial Agreements: Case Law Update since Cummings v Fawn [2023] EWHC 830 (Fam) – will the Court impose a ‘spartan lifestyle’?“spartan: adjective meaning: showing or characterised by austerity or a…
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Conduct Allegations and Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings: A Vanishing Act?
N v J [2024] EWFC 184 IntroductionThose practicing in Financial Remedy proceedings will be all too familiar with explaining to their clients the exceptionally high threshold required to mount a…
By: Liam Kelly
