Financial provision: If not now, then when?

Tisshaws Family Law Solicitors | Family Law Journal | December 2022/January 2023 #219
Richard Adams looks at the adjournment of capital claims in financial proceedings and the need for practitioners to be alert to potentially fabricated disclosure The justification of a departure from normal practice does not necessarily need to include a real possibility of capital from a specific source becoming available in the near future, as fairness …

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Periodical Payments: For better, for worse

Farrer & Co | Family Law Journal | May 2017 #166
Caroline Holley examines dependence, independence and variation in the context of joint lives maintenance orders ‘It has become common practice for a financial remedy order to include a recital indicating the timeframe within which it is intended that a spouse will return to work, or a commitment by them to endeavour to maximise their earning …

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Periodical Payments: Default position?

Paris Smith LLP | Family Law Journal | December 2013/January 2014 #132
Helen Cort examines the evolution of nominal periodical payments orders in favour of the primary carer and the potential impact of the Court of Appeal decision in Matthews v Matthews ‘The courts strive to achieve a clean break where possible because it enables the severing of financial ties thereby allowing the parties to move on …

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