Variation: To vary or not to vary

Paris Smith LLP | Family Law Journal | December 2020/January 2021 #199
Heather Souter summarises the key considerations on an application to vary a financial consent order and the approach of the courts Unless there has been a significant change of circumstance since the order was made, grounds for variation under s31, MCA 1973 seem hard to conceive. The full financial impact of the global pandemic is …

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Financial provision: A long shot

Mills & Reeve | Family Law Journal | December 2020/January 2021 #199
Ellie Foster looks at the potential ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic and the likelihood of a successful application based on Barder There have been pandemics historically but does the immediate and ongoing impact on the global economy of Covid-19 put the 2008 crisis in the shade such that its scale could never have been foreseen? …

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