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Financial provision: Looking beyond the evidence

Antonia Barker analyses the outcome in long-running financial remedy proceedings, where the court drew adverse inferences from non-disclosure and was unable to achieve finality

Musings from Manchester: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Geoffrey Shindler has some suggestions for the governance of HMRC and the process by which tax legislation is imposed

Pensions: Perfect planning

Alex Shields looks at the potential unintended consequences and hidden tax implications that can arise when dealing with pension assets on divorce

Trustees’ powers: Beyond the deed

Mary Ashley explores a recent case considering the options by which trustees can extend their powers

Delay: Proceed to go

Helen Cort discusses how economic uncertainty can impact on the divorce rate, and the potential pitfalls that may be encountered if divorce proceedings are delayed until more certain times

Trusts: Enforcing private purpose trusts

Mark Pawlowski and James Brown examine the possibility of using the mechanism of a residuary legatee in order to enforce a trust for non-charitable purposes

In practice: Digital age

Simon Fisher explains his experiences of the HMCTS pilot schemes, which have the aim of speeding up the divorce suit and financial consent order processes

Divorce: Not so fast

Michael Gouriet and Natalie O’Shea examine the government’s proposals regarding no-fault divorce and question whether sufficient consideration has been given to the wider implications of reform

TOLATA 1996: A different world

Lehna Gardiner highlights the approach taken in TOLATA 1996 proceedings when compared with financial order cases

Funding: Bridging the gap

Alexis Campbell QC, George Williamson and Katie Alexiou set out the key issues when considering litigation funding