The new changes in the way in which contested applications are to be dealt with are receiving the thumbs up from those in Manchester. The new rules mean that anyone setting out to contest the terms of their separation must first consider mediation. Mediators in Manchester have informed Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly that early signs indicate that a [...]
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From Cardiff with Love
April 14, 2011
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To Cardiff for the 23rd National Resolution conference where family lawyers met to debate and discuss recent changes and issues in family law. High up on the agenda was the impact on the recent cases of Imerman v Tchenguiz [2010] EWCA Civ 908 [2010] 2 FLR 814. A workshop by Harry Oliver and Christopher Pocock QC of 1 King’s Bench [...]
Read moreFrom Russia with love, or not
April 5, 2011
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A Russian student has been awarded £2.8 million in a divorce settlement after an 18 month marriage. Elena Golubovich a 27-year-old fashion student married Ilva Golubovich, an international financier in August 2007. The couple, from rich Russian families, separated in July 2009 but not before they managed to spend £2million during the course of their marriage, which also [...]
Read moreLegal Aid Reform: How are Women Affected?
April 5, 2011
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I attended the APPG meeting on ‘Legal Aid Reform: How are Women Affected?’ We heard from over a dozen speakers including Emma Scott, Director of Rights of Women, Linda Lee, President of the Law Society, Carol Storer of the LAPG and Richard Miller, Head of Legal Aid Policy at the Law Society. Richard highlighted how older women [...]
Read moreWhaley v Whaley, Round 2. One for the girls?
March 28, 2011
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Millionaire Athelstan Whaley appeared before the Court of Appeal last Wednesday in an attempt to overturn Mrs Justice Baron’s order made last year requiring him to transfer to his former wife Belinda two properties in Kent and to pay her a lump sum of £3 million. Athelstan’s basic presentation is that complying with the order will render [...]
Read moreUn-named, but one for the boys?
March 28, 2011
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The Telegraph reported last Wednesday (“Wife loses bid for bigger payout from estranged husband”, Victoria Ward) on an anonymised judgment handed down by Mr Justice Mostyn, resolving the financial claims of 2 divorcing Americans. At issue was the division of the family’s estimated wealth of £9.714 million. The wife, aged 46, wanted her husband’s pre-marriage assets of £2.1 [...]
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