by Polly Morgan | Jun 14, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
When a couple gets divorced, they must split their assets fairly, bearing in mind 3 principles set out by the Supreme Court in two joined cases, Miller v Miller and McFarlane v McFarlane. These 3 principles are: On divorce, each party’s needs must be met. Broadly,...
by Polly Morgan | May 24, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
This post was written by our new contributor Polly Morgan. An article in The Times on 23 May 2017 headlined ‘Former wives give up chasing “meal ticket for life” in divorce’ (behind paywall) refers to falling numbers of spousal maintenance orders. The newspaper reports...
by reporting watch team | May 21, 2017 | FCReportingWatch
When married couples and civil partners separate there are two (or three) parts to the legal arrangements : getting divorced (called dissolution if you are in a civil partnership), sorting out the money, and sorting out arrangements for any children. The way the law...
by Julie D | May 17, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
In The Times last week, family courts were accused of being ‘secretive’ because they do not advertise the names of people who are getting divorced – under the headline ‘Call to end divorce case secrecy‘ (paywall). ‘Secret’...
by reporting watch team | Apr 14, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
The case of Work v Gray has been in the news this week, as the Court of Appeal dealt with Mr Work’s attempt to overturn a decision that his wife should get a half share of their fortune. We wrote about it in January here :...
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