A businesswoman whose business fell victim to the recession has persuaded the family court that it would be appropriate for the settlement she had agreed to pay her ex-husband to be varied. The total settlement was £450,000, made up of: ...
A businesswoman who was belittled as being ‘no more than a receptionist’ by her multi-millionaire husband has had her £2.7 million divorce settlement upheld after the Court of Appeal ruled that her ‘exceptional’ contribution...
Changes in the system for dealing with child maintenance claims will soon be fully implemented, with cases currently dealt with by the Child Support Agency being transferred to the Child Maintenance Service. As part of this arrangement, a new formula has...
The Court of Appeal has overturned a decision of the lower court to hand out suspended prison sentences to two non-residents who failed to pay child maintenance as ordered by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC). One of the miscreant...
A mother who objected to her children being adopted by a gay couple has failed to convince the Court of Appeal to return them to her care . The Court ruled that there was no reason to doubt the prospective adopters’ ability to provide the...
A man who was made bankrupt has failed in an attempt to persuade the court that, following his discharge from bankruptcy, he should be relieved of the duty to make payments due to his ex-wife. He had been ordered to pay her the sum of £450,000...
(Enfield Independent - Advertising Feature) Official figures released in December 2012 show that the number of divorces has dropped by 1.7% in the last year, but statistics continue to peak in the period following Christmas, with the second week in January...
(Enfield Independent - Advertising Feature) Following the case of W (Children) (2012) the Courts are toughening up their stance on contact, saying it is in the best interests of the children to see both parents. In a move which could see parents...
When a married, middle-aged multimillionaire became enamoured with a much younger woman, leading to an acrimonious divorce, a dispute over the family assets was inevitable. The husband had inherited an estate that included more than 1,500 acres of land and...
When a child maintenance assessment is made, the court is entitled to rely on all the information available to it to set the appropriate liability to pay maintenance. This may or may not mean relying on disclosures of earnings made to HM Revenue and Customs...
