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Divorce settlement granted after 22 years - 15/07/2009
22 years after separating from her husband, a woman was awarded a £220,000 settlement.
They were married for four years before they split up but they never divorced. The wife made bring her claim after her husband had inherited money, on the basis that she had had to bring up their child singlehanded. Her solicitor reported that the court had agreed with the woman’s claim and awarded her sufficient to house herself, while leaving enough for her former husband to buy another property.
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Pre-nuptial agreements. - 13/07/2010
The Law Commission, the body that advises Parliament on changes in the law, is putting forward a report containing options which include making pre-nuptial agreements legally binding. Although “pre-nups” are legally binding in many countries, for many years they were almost ignored in E...
Collaborative law endorsed by top Judge. - 12/10/2009
Collaborative law, the out of court dispute resolution process, , has received a powerful endorsement from Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, a justice in the UK's new Supreme Court. He cites statistics showing an 85% settlement rate where collaborative law is used to resolve family issues. Act Family Law has...
Increase in business value doesn’t merit change of order - 17/07/2009
The Court of Appeal have rejected a wife’s appeal for a higher order after her former husband’s company sold for more than £3.7 million, having been valued the previous year in the divorce proceedings at £800,000. In a reverse scenario to some recent “credit crunch&rdq...