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FAMILY TIES? Paramount Shopfitting Co Ltd v Rix [2021] EWCA Civ 1172

The recent appeal in Paramount Shopfitting Co Ltd v Rix [2021] EWCA Civ 1172 has provided the opportunity to review the law on the interesting question of how the court should assess the loss of dependency in the 'family business' situation, when the business's founder and 'main (wo)man' has died,...

No.18 Chambers are delighted to announce we have again received recognition for the sixth year running in the annual Legal 500 rankings. The Legal 500 assesses law firms throughout the country and this year No.18 Chambers have been named as one of the recommended sets on the Western Circuit for...

Important new research from the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research (MICRA), a seedcorn project supported by the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI), has concluded that pension sharing on divorce could have a substantial impact on women's finances in later life. The report also finds that any trade-offs between house and...

Divorce applications move online

From Monday 13 September 2021 legal representatives must submit all applications for divorce online using MyHMCTS. The only exceptions are applications for civil partnership dissolution, judicial separation and nullity, which should be filed at the Bury St. Edmunds Regional Divorce Centre. The change follows an update to the...

Costs and needs based awards

Gary Fawcett (1975)

This short article is to draw attention to recent cases where the court has considered the effect of the parties costs on a needs based award. Three recent High Court cases were referred to by the Court of Appeal in the decision of Azarmi-Movafagh v Bassiri-Dezfouli [2021] EWCA Civ 1184.[1] They...

FAMILY TIES

Theo Huckle KC (1985 | KC: 2011)

The recent appeal in Paramount Shopfitting Co Ltd v Rix [2021] EWCA Civ 1172 has provided the opportunity to review the law on the interesting question of how the court should assess the loss of dependency in the 'family business' situation, when the business's founder and 'main (wo)man' has died,...

Cafcass has launched its relationship-based practice framework called Together with Children and Families. The framework sets out the importance of working with children and their families, based on developing trusting relationships, where listening, understanding, clear reasoning, respect and integrity are prioritised. The framework is intended to help Cafcass to do its...

These Regulations make provision in relation to support provided by local authorities to victims of domestic abuse under Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 ("the Act"). Part 2 of the Regulations makes provision about the steps a relevant local authority (within the meaning of the Act), must take when preparing...

Family Proceedings Fees Order amended

The Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008 has been amended by art 7 of the Court Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2021 in order to increase certain court fees in line with inflation. The changes come into force on 30 September 2021. Article 7 states that the table in Schedule 1 to the Family...

Gary Fawcett (1975)

The parties were married in one ceremony in India in February 2005 and one in England in April 2005; they separated after 14 years of marriage. They had one child nearly 13. They had had a comfortable lifestyle often living abroad. H was 50 and W 41. H was earning...

Gary Fawcett (1975)

This article follows on from the decision in phase 1 in which Mostyn J delayed deciding the question of costs for a few days (in the forlorn hoe the parties might agree them!). It is interesting and adds a touch of levity. His comments relate to the parties’ behaviour during...

This case caught my eye because it is another useful contribution from Mostyn J where White, Miller, Sharp and others are examined and Queen Elizabeth I is cited. Phase 1 deals with the substantive case, save for costs which was dealt with in phase 2 of the hearing (15th July)...

Claire Hook (2010)

No.18 Chambers is delighted to welcome Claire back after her recovery from her accident, she would like to thank all her well wishers during this time. Family: Children Claire specialises in Family (Care, Private law children & Finance) and accepts instructions to represent any party throughout care proceedings and has experience representing the...

The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (NFJO) has today published the report Remote hearings in the family court post pandemic (external link, opens in a new tab). In June 2021, in anticipation of the easing of social distancing restrictions introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the President of the Family Division asked the NFJO...

These regulations, which come into force on 1 September 2021, amend the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) Regulations 2015 (the 2015 Regulations) in light of amendments to section 83 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (the 2014 Act) made by section 16 of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal...

The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021, which come into force on 1st October 2021 (except for rules 3 to 6 which come into force on the day on which section 63 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 comes into force), amend the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (the FPR). Rules 3 to 6...

Sarah Barber (2018)

That was the question which faced the High Court in June 2021 after a Father, Mr H, applied for such a declaration in the case of H v An Adoption Agency [2021] EWHC 1943 (Fam). MacDonald J decided in September 2020 that the High Court does have jurisdiction pursuant to s.55A(1)...

Gary Fawcett (1975)

Inherited wealth by H during marriage - W with life shortening illness - clean break or not - needs. This case attracted my attention because:- of the succinct way that the judge recites the law on financial remedy briefly citing circa 20 decided cases. Paragraphs 76 to 112 are worth reading if...

AA v BB [2021] EWHC 1822 (Fam)

Francis Payne (2014)

This case is an important reminder of the guidance given by the Court of Appeal in Re H-N, Re T, Re H and Re B-B [2021] EWCA Civ 448 in relation to the case management of Fact-Finding (‘FF’) hearings in Children Act (‘CA’) proceedings. Facts A 2-day FF hearing was listed in...

SB v M [2021] EWFC 49 (11 June 2021)

Laura Baines (2007)

Application by a Mother for permission to relocate to a country in Africa with the parties’ son, N aged 12. The Father opposed the application and if permission was refused he applied for a shared care arrangement in this country. By order by consent in 2016 the Father had contact with...

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