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Interview with Hilary Woodward
Hilary Woodward is a former solicitor and mediator, academic and the about to retire CEO of the Pension Advisory Group. At the launch of the Second Edition of the Pension Advisory Group report, Hilary’s contribution in the field of pensions on divorce was described as ‘incalculable’. She talks to
Cohabitation – The Case For and Against Reform
Opener
Harry Benson
Divorce law, in principle at least, seems pretty sensible. You keep what you brought into the marriage and share what you gained. At least that’s my limited understanding, courtesy of my colleague former High Court Judge Sir Paul Coleridge. So why shouldn’t the same or
Maintenance for a Disabled Adult Child: A Case of Legal Blogging
Between August 2022 and June 2023 I observed, via Teams, a number of hearings in a single case heard by HHJ Shelton in Leeds and now reported as AB v CD [2022] EWFC 197 and 198; and [2023] EWFC 103.
The case concerned cross-applications for variation of a 2012 maintenance
Xydhias, 25 Years On – What Exactly IS a Xydhias Agreement?
Practitioners will be familiar with the oft quoted phrase that ‘the court is not a rubber stamp’ (Kelley v Corston [1998] 1 FLR 986). The court must continue to exercise its discretion under s 25 MCA 1973 even when presented with an agreement between parties. The court will scrutinise the
Securing Property Situated Outside the Jurisdiction of England and Wales for the Benefit of Minor Children
Readers of the Financial Remedies Journal will, of course, be familiar with the operation of s 23(1)(d)–(f) Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (financial provision for children in connection with divorce/dissolution of civil partnerships), as well as s 24 of that same Act insofar as it makes available
A Crib Sheet for those New to Financial Remedies Practice
By way of an extract from Polly Morgan’s Family Law (OUP, 2nd edn, 2024), we present an aide memoire of the relevant principles and practicalities for the new financial remedies practitioner.
Summary of the principles and practicalities
(1) Consider ‘all the circumstances of the case’: s 25(1).
(2)