Peel J – Guidance on allocation of a case to HCJ level published in May 2024.
https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/allocation-of-financial-remedies-cases-to-high-court-judge-level/
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A v R [2024] EWFC 218 (B)
Judgment date: 05 August 2024
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/218
This judgment by DJ Dodsworth examines the legal principles relevant to raising conduct arguments in financial remedy proceedings.
Background
A (aged 52) and R (aged 56) met in 1993, they began cohabiting in 1996. They subsequently
A v R [2024] EWFC 218 (B)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/218
This judgment by DJ Dodsworth examines the legal principles relevant to raising conduct arguments in financial remedy proceedings.
Background
A (aged 52) and R (aged 56) met in 1993, they began cohabiting in 1996. They subsequently married in 2004. A previously
RM v WP [2024] EWFC 191 (B)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/191
HHJ Hess considers when a property becomes the family home and therefore matrimonialised, and whether, once matrimonialised, it can become un-matrimonialised, and makes use of the Galbraith Tables while doing some heavy lifting to get the case to a practical, workable
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Introduction
Why is it that lawyers think that the principles underpinning financial remedies are clear, and yet the public are often perplexed? The issue is one of communication, or rather translating the law into plain English.
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Enhancing Public Understanding of Financial Remedies on Divorce
Introduction
Why is it that lawyers think that the principles underpinning financial remedies are clear, and yet the public are often perplexed? The issue is one of communication, or rather translating the law into plain English.
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Remember POCA, NCIS and all that?
One of the common results of the necessity for parties to financial remedies to give