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Periodical payments: Creative accounting
Emma Doughty explores the practical challenges when negotiating periodical payments, with a particular focus on cases involving a high-earning spouse ‘Global periodical payments orders are legitimate provided there is a “substantial ingredient of spousal support”, because such orders do not challenge the jurisdiction of the CMS.’ The decision in AB v CD [2017] illustrates the …
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- AB v CD [2017] EWHC 3164 (Fam)
- Dickson v Rennie [2014] EWHC 4306 (Fam)
- Dorney-Kingdom v Dorney-Kingdom [2000] 2 FLR 855
- McFarlane v McFarlane [2004] EWCA Civ 872
- Re TW and TM [2015] EWHC 3054 (Fam)