There has been a very useful recent decision on global maintenance. Global maintenance is the mechanism by which the Court makes an order that provides for an overall award of maintenance but allows for that award to be reduced by the amount of child maintenance paid under the statutory CMS system. Arguably a global maintenance … Continue reading
I had been dealing with a longstanding family finance case. Husband and wife had almost reached agreement on what to do with the joint assets following separation. Then tragedy struck; the husband died. Acting for the wife, and in discussion with my instructing solicitor, we agreed to pursue a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for … Continue reading
The interference with a right of way (via obstruction) can be of incredible nuisance and annoyance to someone who relies on that right of way for access to property or land. The problem is even more acute in built up areas where there may be no other means of access, no alternative route and no … Continue reading
THERE IS A 6-WEEK LIMITATION PERIOD WITHIN WHICH A GRANT OF PLANNING PERMISSION CAN BE CHALLENGED VIA THE METHODS OUTLINED BELOW. IF YOU THINK YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE SOMEONE’S PLANNING PERMISSION CONTACT BECKET CHAMBERS FOR SPECIALIST PLANNING ADVICE ASAP. ________ When planning permission is granted for a local development or a neighbour’s extension despite … Continue reading
The criteria that must be met in order to render a notice to quit effective are straightforward but stringent. Many District Judges are hesitant to throw people out of their homes, even when arrears have been accrued, and will often feel bound to deny the landlord an eviction if a notice is defective. It is … Continue reading
The 2018 report of the British Association of Social Workers’s (BASW) into adoption law According to an independent enquiry into adoption law in the UK by the British Association of Social Workers’s (BASW), adoption has become a “runaway train,” almost impossible to stop. The two-year enquiry, led by Professors Brid Featherstone and Anna Gupta, gathered … Continue reading
We are please to announce that Holly Coates, Sophie Gray and John Nee will be presenting a Family Finance Seminar in Sussex. This seminar covers a range of topics within Family Finance Proceedings, which is due to take place at: The View Hotel, Grand Parade, Eastbourne BN21 4DN – 16 April 2018 at 3.45pm Places are limited and … Continue reading
When advising clients as to their prospects of success at trial there are a number of variables that may impact upon the outcome, one of which is the credibility of an expert witness upon whom the client’s case is reliant. Experts are of course instructed for their expertise in a certain area however as is … Continue reading
A distillation of the key points from this important guideline case concerning hair strand drug testing. On 29th September 2017 after 6 days of evidence, legal argument and submissions Mr. Justice Peter Jackson handed down a Judgment that looked at several key issues that are relevant to practitioners in public and private law family proceedings … Continue reading