Short Marriages: Brief encounter

Slater and Gordon | Family Law Journal | March 2017 #164
Joanne Green sets out the factors that will be taken into account by the court where a marriage is short, and looks to case law for the principles applied ‘Where pre-acquired non-matrimonial assets have been intermingled with matrimonial assets, the non-matrimonial element is more likely to be excluded from the assets that are to be …

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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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