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Dec
2017
Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from all at Sydney Mitchell LLP
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Sydney Mitchell
Wishing all clients, contacts, family and friends of Sydney Mitchell LLP a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
27
Nov
2017
Personal autonomy prevails in big money divorce case
Written by
Teresa Mannion
Personal autonomy is nowadays a crucial factor in divorce and judges are anxious to ensure that the end of a marriage is accompanied by the termination of dependency. In one big money case, the Court of Appeal ruled that an ex-wife was entitled to...
22
Nov
2017
Disbarred Barrister deceived Family Courts in bogus divorce scandal
Written by
Karen Moores
Even the courts can fall victim to fraud and certainly did so in one case in which a disbarred barrister deceived family judges on a wholesale basis into believing that they had jurisdiction to entertain divorce petitions lodged by foreign nationals...
20
Oct
2017
Tempted to make a home-made will without legal advice? don’t do it!
Written by
Tracy Creed
Signing a home-made will, without legal advice, is a false economy and creates a real risk that your wishes will not be honoured after your death. One striking example concerned an eastern European man who was penniless when he settled in Britain –...
11
Oct
2017
Top Tier for Sydney Mitchell in Legal 500 2017 - Punching above its weight!
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Sydney Mitchell
Sydney Mitchell is recognised in the Top Tier of the Legal 500 and ‘punches above its weight’ for contentious and non-contentious matters. The firm is recognised for thoroughness and good commercial approach to cases. Sydney Mitchell...
26
Jun
2017
Ex-Wife awarded £4.5 million after two-year marriage
Written by
Jayne Gregg
The length of a marriage and the pre-existing financial positions of the husband and wife are both relevant factors when it comes to dividing up assets on divorce. However each case is decided on its own facts and in one case a wife was awarded £4.5...
07
Jun
2017
Paying divorce maintenance? Have your financial circumstances changed?
Written by
Emma Gray
A decree absolute, ending a marriage, does not necessarily signal the end of judicial involvement in divorce. As one High Court case showed, financial arrangements can be revisited in the light of changed circumstances, including children growing up...
30
May
2017
Equal sharing principle rigorously applied in £1 billion divorce case
Written by
Teresa Mannion
The equal sharing principle applies in the vast majority of divorce cases nowadays – even where the sums of money involved are truly enormous. In one High Court case exactly on point, a billionaire oil and gas trader was ordered to pay his ex-wife a...
24
Apr
2017
Equality principle upheld in £240 million divorce case
Written by
Sydney Mitchell
There are some ‘big money’ cases where a stellar earner’s financial contribution to a marriage is considered so exceptional that the Court will take it into account when dividing assets between parties. The Court of Appeal considered that issue in...
13
Mar
2017
High court pierces corporate veil in big money divorce case
Written by
Teresa Mannion
Legal and beneficial ownership of company shares are two very different concepts and, as one case strikingly showed, family judges have the power to look behind the corporate veil in ensuring a fair division of assets between divorcing couples. The...
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