Family Law

Dec

2017

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from all at Sydney Mitchell LLP

Written by Sydney Mitchell

Wishing all clients, contacts, family and friends of Sydney Mitchell LLP a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Nov

2017

Personal autonomy prevails in big money divorce case

Written by Teresa Mannion

Personal autonomy is nowadays a crucial factor in divorce and judges are anxious to ensure that the end of a marriage is accompanied by the termination of dependency. In one big money case, the Court of Appeal ruled that an ex-wife was entitled to...

Nov

2017

Disbarred Barrister deceived Family Courts in bogus divorce scandal

Written by Karen Moores

Even the courts can fall victim to fraud and certainly did so in one case in which a disbarred barrister deceived family judges on a wholesale basis into believing that they had jurisdiction to entertain divorce petitions lodged by foreign nationals...

Oct

2017

Tempted to make a home-made will without legal advice? don’t do it!

Written by Tracy Creed

Signing a home-made will, without legal advice, is a false economy and creates a real risk that your wishes will not be honoured after your death. One striking example concerned an eastern European man who was penniless when he settled in Britain –...

Oct

2017

Top Tier for Sydney Mitchell in Legal 500 2017 - Punching above its weight!

Written by Sydney Mitchell

Sydney Mitchell is recognised in the Top Tier of the Legal 500 and ‘punches above its weight’ for contentious and non-contentious matters. The firm is recognised for thoroughness and good commercial approach to cases. Sydney Mitchell...

Jun

2017

Ex-Wife awarded £4.5 million after two-year marriage

Written by Jayne Gregg

The length of a marriage and the pre-existing financial positions of the husband and wife are both relevant factors when it comes to dividing up assets on divorce. However each case is decided on its own facts and in one case a wife was awarded £4.5...

Jun

2017

Paying divorce maintenance? Have your financial circumstances changed?

Written by Emma Gray

A decree absolute, ending a marriage, does not necessarily signal the end of judicial involvement in divorce. As one High Court case showed, financial arrangements can be revisited in the light of changed circumstances, including children growing up...

May

2017

Equal sharing principle rigorously applied in £1 billion divorce case

Written by Teresa Mannion

The equal sharing principle applies in the vast majority of divorce cases nowadays – even where the sums of money involved are truly enormous. In one High Court case exactly on point, a billionaire oil and gas trader was ordered to pay his ex-wife a...

Apr

2017

Equality principle upheld in £240 million divorce case

Written by Sydney Mitchell

There are some ‘big money’ cases where a stellar earner’s financial contribution to a marriage is considered so exceptional that the Court will take it into account when dividing assets between parties. The Court of Appeal considered that issue in...

Mar

2017

High court pierces corporate veil in big money divorce case

Written by Teresa Mannion

Legal and beneficial ownership of company shares are two very different concepts and, as one case strikingly showed, family judges have the power to look behind the corporate veil in ensuring a fair division of assets between divorcing couples. The...

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Family Law

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from all at Sydney Mitchell LLP

Personal autonomy prevails in big money divorce case

Disbarred Barrister deceived Family Courts in bogus divorce scandal

Tempted to make a home-made will without legal advice? don’t do it!

Top Tier for Sydney Mitchell in Legal 500 2017 - Punching above its weight!

Ex-Wife awarded £4.5 million after two-year marriage

Paying divorce maintenance? Have your financial circumstances changed?

Equal sharing principle rigorously applied in £1 billion divorce case

Equality principle upheld in £240 million divorce case

High court pierces corporate veil in big money divorce case

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