Insights

When a marriage ends, both parties might feel that the other has behaved unreasonably and that this has caused the relationship to break down. The law recognises the impact of such “unreasonable beh...

Since the landmark case of White v White [2000] UKHL 54, which concerned an inherited farm there have been many cases considering how the family courts should treat inherited assets on divorce. Mee...

The equitable accounting exercise enables the co-owner who has provided monies towards a property to reclaim sums that have been spent post-separation. It has to take place in most TOLATA (Trusts of L...

International family law practitioners have welcomed the recent decision of the Court of Appeal in the case of Mittal v Mittal [2013] EWCA Civ 1255. This important judgment clarifies that in a situati...

If you’ve been divorced in Europe, the probability is that your marriage will be recognised in Britain under the Brussels II framework of recognition of foreign orders between EU countries. If...

The Final Order (formerly Decree Absolute) is the legal document that ends your marriage. You need to wait at least 6 weeks after the date of the Conditional Order (formerly Decree Nisi) before you ca...

On 21 February 2013 the wife obtained an ex parte freezing order against the husband having filed divorce proceedings earlier that month. The order prevented the husband from dealing with a propert...

A recent review of an opera now showing at the London Coliseum starts with a resume of the plot namely that it is the story of a wife seeking revenge on her unfaithful husband. Surely not Huhne the...