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Financial Provision: An open door
David Hickmott examines the Supreme Court decision in Birch v Birch and the importance of the discretionary jurisdiction in the family courts ‘The matter could, and should, have been more expeditiously dealt with had the parties addressed the court as to a proper inquiry into the merits of the wife’s application, rather than being derailed …
Variation: Final word
Kate Elliott analyses when an undertaking may be varied and the importance of finality in financial orders ‘While a formal jurisdiction to vary an undertaking does exist, when that variation is an attempt to substitute an entirely different outcome from that provided in the original order, the scope of the exercise of this jurisdiction must …
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