Re P (a child) (financial provision) [2003] EWCA Civ 837 – Page 2

Legal Costs: Brave new world?

David Lister looks at a recent Schedule 1 decision and compares and contrasts A v A costs allowances with the new legal services orders ‘A “costs allowance” is not a “costs order”, and so falls outside the provisions of the FPR 2010 that there will generally be no order as to costs.’ In the Schedule …

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Children Act 1989, Schedule 1: The cost of childcare

Rebecca Tarn sets out best practice for a successful Schedule 1 Children Act 1989 claim There appears to be some recognition that given that provision for a child only lasts during their dependency (at which time any property adjustment or settlement will revert to the respondent), the applicant should not be prohibited from making some …

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Schedule 1: Affording the unaffordable

Wayne Lynn and Margaret Simpson analyse the impact of FG v MBW and whether a non-resident parent’s capital is now at risk for funding periodical payments in Schedule 1 cases ‘In the current climate there will inevitably be increasing numbers of non-resident parents (usually fathers) who are finding it increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to …

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Schedule 1: Fair shares

Andrew Meehan considers the court’s approach to applications under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 ‘The district judge in DE v AB should have stood back and undertaken an analysis as to the overall effect of the proposed award on each party.’The case of DE v AB [2010] illustrates the lengths to which the …

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Case: Re P (a child) (financial provision) [2003] EWCA Civ 837

Legal Costs: Brave new world?

Children Act 1989, Schedule 1: The cost of childcare

Schedule 1: Affording the unaffordable

Schedule 1: Fair shares