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I am pleased to share that the judgement in HX v WX [2025] EWFC 338 (B) has been published. This is a case where we successfully represented the respondent wife in contested financial remedy proceedings.   The decision provides important clarity on how third party claims – particularly those based on proprietary estoppel should be approached […]

When separated parents are unable to agree arrangements for their children, such as with whom the children should live, then they will need to apply to the court for a child arrangements order. The law that the court must apply when considering any such application is contained in the Children Act 1989. When the Act […]

The Act which sets out the law as to how finances and property should be sorted out on divorce was passed back in 1973. Since then there have been some changes to the law, both by statute and through subsequent case law, but the basic rules remain essentially the same. In recent years, however, there […]

In April 2022 the Government finally introduced a system of no-fault divorce in England and Wales, doing away with the need for one party to show that the other was responsible for the breakdown of the marriage. The reform was welcomed by many people, some of whom had been calling for it for over thirty […]

Rather like no-fault divorce, campaigners have long been calling for the introduction of basic property rights for cohabitees, to prevent the economic hardship suffered by many cohabitees after their relationship breaks down. In the case of no-fault divorce those campaigners got their wish in 2022. But campaigners for cohabitees’ rights are still waiting. But they […]

As is well known, one of the most important matters that the court must take into account when deciding upon arrangements for children following parental separation is the ascertainable wishes of the children themselves, considered in the light of their age and understanding. And sadly one of the wishes that children quite often express is […]

Parties to a financial remedies application are under a duty to disclose to the court full details of their financial circumstances, so that the court has all of the relevant facts it needs to make a decision as to what financial settlement it should order. But what happens if there is a mistake as to […]

When the parties are unable to agree a financial settlement on divorce they will need to make a financial remedies application to the court. Financial remedy applications normally follow a fixed procedure, involving at least three hearings (assuming the matter is not agreed along the way). The first hearing is the ‘First Directions Appointment’, which […]