Divorce & separation

Negotiating a financial settlement in which your spouse lives and works abroad

Joanna is acting for a client in ongoing divorce and financial proceedings. While our client is based in the UK, their spouse lives and works abroad.

Instructing experts in relation to pensions and foreign assets on divorce

Anna has been acting for a client in financial proceedings. The client is financially vulnerable, having predominantly been reliant on their spouse’s financial support during the marriage.

Dealing with foreign assets on divorce

Anna acted for a client with regard to their financial proceedings. The client had multiple assets outside of the UK. During proceedings, the value of these assets and various foreign liabilities were contested.

Future valuation of companies and pensions on divorce

Desmond acted for a client in divorce and financial proceedings through collaborative law. The case involved multiple pensions and a shareholding in a company which was likely to increase by several millions of pounds in the future.

Transfer of money during a divorce and the involvement of international companies

Desmond acted for a client in divorce and financial proceedings. The parties’ family home was put up for sale shortly after the parties separated and a buyer was found.

A divorce, financial and child proceedings

Joanna Pratt acted for a husband with regard to divorce, financial and children proceedings.

Commentary on the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill as it heads for Royal Assent

Commentary on the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill as it progresses through Parliament

Sarah Keily, partner in our family team, offers her insight.

Answers to the common questions we are currently receiving from family clients

If you are thinking about petitioning for a divorce or making an application to the court at the moment, you might wish to take legal advice as to any other options available to you to try and resolve matters first. 

COVID-19 and remote mediation

Child Maintenance and coronavirus – What are the implications?

Grandparents and their grandchildren

Keeping Divorce Out Of Court: Why Mediation Matters

Kirstie Law recently shared her thoughts on mediation with Wealth & Finance magazine

How to protect your interest in a business during a divorce

Despite the best intentions of the spouses and their legal representatives, divorce is often a traumatic and difficult process. Divorce proceedings are frequently complicated and protracted and the animosity between the parties will often increase where there is a family business.

What happens when an ex-spouse does not abide by the terms of a settlement?

Over recent weeks there has been some surprise in the world of family law at the decision made by banker Kerim Derhalli to pursue his former wife - Jayne Richardson Derhalli - for ‘back rent’ in relation to her occupation of the former £6 million matrimonial home in London, and maybe slightly more surprise at the fact the application has so far been successful.

What happens to a family business in divorce?

We look at some of the ways in which the courts in England and Wales approach the family business within divorce proceedings.

Enforcement of financial orders within divorce proceedings

Family lawyers are feeling more positive that the Government is going to revisit the ways in which financial orders within divorce proceedings can be enforced. If amendments are made, it will make it more difficult for obstinate spouses to avoid meeting their obligations. 

Ending the ‘Blame Game’ – The Need for Divorce Reform?

Giggs drop bid to gag reporters

Partner, Kirstie Law from our family team speaks to The Times and comments on the privacy of Ryan Giggs' divorce.

Reflections on a business owner’s sale of company shares to fund a divorce

Joanna Pratt, Partner in our family department speaks to global wealth management reporter WeathBriefing and discusses a case in which a business owner sold a large block of shares in a company to fund a divorce settlement.

Wealth preservation

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