In Practice: Held to account

Deborah Levy examines the decision in J v J and looks at solutions to excessive costs in family cases ‘In theory, it is not unreasonable to believe that fixed pricing for each stage of the proceedings could well provide a solution, but one may be faced with a client who has unrealistic expectations.’In October 1999 …
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Family Businesses: The golden goose

Rebecca Stone reviews the case law relating to family businesses and the differing approaches taken by the courts to such assets ‘In F v F (clean break: balance of fairness) [2003] the judge accepted that where some of the assets are illiquid it may not be possible to achieve either the aim of equality or …
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