Here’s the thing. Getting a court order for someone to pay you money – whether in divorce proceedings or otherwise- is sometimes only part of the story. If a person is bold enough not to obey a court order and doe not pay what they should, then they should, the order has to be enforced. How to …
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Marriage or no marriage – that is the question
Apologies to all the Shakespeare fans for the butchering of that quote. It seemed to be appropriate for an interesting case I came across. So, a marriage is a marriage is a marriage, right? Wrong. For a marriage to be validly performed in this jurisdiction (and by that I mean England and Wales) it …
Finality and finances on divorce
We had an interesting case reported this week. The brief facts were that a husband and wife, having been unable to reach an agreement in respect of their financial matters, were asking the judge to make the decision for them. One of the key issues was how much each of them (and particularly the wife …