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Posted in Industry News by Jennifer Leithgoe | 27.01.12
The costs of divorce are notoriously high, and not only on a financial level. The emotional cost of divorce varies depending on the circumstances of each case, but it is acknowledged that the majority of divorces will impact upon the parties and any children to the marriage quite highly.
In this blog I will only consider the financial impact of divorce. The costs involved in a divorce stem from various sources – the Court fees for the procedure itself, and solicitor fees for resolving any financial matters between the parties. The common factor that exacerbates the level of cost is the level of disagreement –...
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Posted in Industry News by Jennifer Leithgoe | 24.01.12
The blog Is Change on the Way? discussed the final report of the Family Justice Review, published in November 2011. The proposed changes in this final report have been welcomed to the Family Justice system, but it has been questioned whether in fact these are achievable aims in light of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. Amy Scollan noted in the above blog that it will be interesting to watch any developments in response to the report. It is for this reason that I write this blog today. Mr Justice Ryder has been appointed...
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Posted in Industry News by Amy Scollan | 16.01.12
The final report of the Family Justice Review, published in November 2011, highlighted various problems in the family justice system and made several proposals for reform. This report was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice, the Department for Education, and the Welsh Government, to consider the various arms of the family justice system.
The initial stage for the Review was a fact-finding exercise seeking to obtain a clear picture of the current family justice system, and this commenced in June 2010. An interim report was published on 31 March 2011, to allow a period of consultation before the final report was published.
The final report has been...
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Posted in Industry News by Helen Bates | 09.01.12
There have been various cases decided over the last few months as to the technical requirements for notifying various persons of a proposed out of court appointment of Administrators.
A failure to properly and fully comply with the precise notice requirements set out in the Insolvency Act 1986 (the “Act”) and Insolvency Rules 1986 (the “Rules”) will result in an invalid appointment which the Court cannot subsequently ratify.
It is therefore important that all proposed Administrators and the appointors ensure that the notice requirements (as currently understood) are followed to the letter to ensure that the appointment is valid.
On 21st December 2011 two High Court...
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Posted in Industry News by Amy Scollan | 06.01.12
When a couple with children separate, often the issue of who is to be the resident parent, and how much contact the non resident parent is to have with the children, becomes a real point of conflict.
In many cases, the parents are able to agree on the contact arrangements without the assistance of mediators, solicitors or the courts. However, if an agreement cannot be reached then either parent can apply to the court for assistance, pursuant to the Children Act 1989.
The court will only impose an order if to do so, would be better than doing nothing. This is the no order principle. Further,...
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Posted in Industry News by Mark Burns | 13.12.11
Finished! All over! Done and dusted! And didn’t I just save the best for last?!
The Kielder Forest duathlon sounded great when I signed up. Running in a forest – a lovely end to my series of events.
My suspicions should have been aroused by the words “off road” which suddenly started to appear in the title of the event. Perhaps I should have noticed that the website for the duathlon featured the words “high terrain events”.
Even if I had paid heed to this earlier on, I don’t actually think...
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