Pensions: Lessons to be learnt

Lupton Fawcett | Family Law Journal | May 2020 #196
Andrew Smith highlights the first reported decision in which the Pension Advisory Group report has impacted on the approach of the court to pension assets ‘In the first reported case to feature specific reference to the PAG report, the judge drew heavily on the opinions within that report, stating that it should “be treated as …

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Procedure: Not a dress rehearsal

Mills & Reeve | Family Law Journal | February 2020 #193
Ellie Foster and Eleanor Cawthra highlight the issue of finality of judgments, the ability of a judge to change their mind and the submission of further evidence ‘Allowing disappointed litigants the impression that the court will accede easily to the introduction of fresh evidence after judgment, that they could have adduced at first instance had …

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Special contribution: A rare bird

Vardags | Family Law Journal | November 2018 #181
Catherine Doherty asks whether case law has effectively restricted stellar performance arguments to financial contributions only ‘In XW v XH Baker J acknowledged the need to exercise caution with respect to the domestic contribution of the wife, as homemaker, to the welfare of the family.’ Since Cowan v Cowan [2001] was decided by the Court …

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