Conduct: Balancing the scales

Ketley Miller Joels | Family Law Journal | March 2019 #184
Elizabeth Simos looks at issues of conduct and non-disclosure, and the impact where adverse inferences are drawn in needs cases ‘Arguments as to add-backs essentially come down to issues of conduct, namely conduct that it would, in the opinion of the court, be inequitable to disregard.’ Much to the dismay of ‘wronged’ spouses in England …

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Non-matrimonial property: Diverging views

Major Family Law | Family Law Journal | March 2018 #174
Moji Sobowale examines non-matrimonial assets and the differing approaches to such assets that have developed in case law ‘The court has a wide discretion as to how to arrive at a fair apportionment of the capital assets and can simply apply a broad assessment of the division that would affect “overall fairness“.‘ The Court of …

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Short Marriage: The lottery of needs

Vardags | Family Law Journal | July/August 2017 #168
Moji Sobowale looks at the approach to short marriage cases, in particular as to needs in the context of standard of living ‘The fact that a marriage has been short will unavoidably affect the quantum of the financial fruits that the partnership has been able to produce.’ Although marriage is a contract, it is not …

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