News & Events: Family Finance
Family Finance Seminar – Oxford
Pump Court Chambers is pleased to invite you to our forthcoming Oxford Family Finance Seminar. Our speakers will be providing valuable and in-depth updates for all practitioners at intensive afternoon sessions. Venue Malmaison Hotel Oxford, Oxford Castle, 3 New Rd, Oxford, OX1 1AY Schedule 13:00 – 13:45 – Registration / Lunch 13:45 – 14:30 – […]
The Notional Digital Family Court: Lessons from our Criminal Counterparts
One of the interesting aspects of having a mixed common law practice is the opportunity to observe the differing ways in which the criminal, family, and civil courts deal with the more practical aspect of court life. Over the past few months the Crown Court has ‘gone digital’ with the long awaited, and much discussed, […]
Jennifer Lee successfully argues that Separation Agreement should be upheld
Jennifer Lee has successfully persuaded a Court in divorce and financial remedy proceedings that the parties, who were married for many years, should be held to the separation agreement they entered into some 25 years ago. Jennifer Lee appeared for the applicant wife. The respondent husband had sought to argue that some, if not all, […]
Jennifer Lee obtains substantial Legal Services Provision Order for vulnerable client
Jennifer Lee has recently succeeded in obtaining a substantial Legal Services Provision Order for a vulnerable client in acrimonious family finance proceedings. The order will enable her client to secure vital legal representation in a complex area of law, from the commencement of proceedings through to a final hearing. Without the order, her client’s Article […]
Family Finance Seminar – Winchester
Pump Court Chambers Family Finance Team is pleased to announce its annual round of seminars, providing valuable and in-depth updates for all practitioners at intensive afternoon sessions. Venue Holiday Inn Winchester, Telegraph Way, Morn Hill, Winchester, SO21 1HZ (map) Schedule 12:30 – 13:00 – Registration / Working Lunch 13:00 – 14:00 – Annual Financial Remedies […]
Periodical payments and needs
Practitioners are all aware of Mr Justice Mostyn’s view in B v S (Financial Remedy: Marital Property Regime) [2012] 2 FLR 502 that periodical payments are there to meet (save in exceptional cases) needs alone but the opportunity for the Court of Appeal to consider that was not taken up in the recent case of […]
Family Finance Seminar – Bournemouth
Pump Court Chambers Family Finance Team is pleased to announce our annual Bournemouth Family Finance Seminar, providing valuable and in-depth updates for all practitioners at intensive afternoon sessions. Venue The Green House Hotel, 4 Grove Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3AX (map) Schedule 12:30 – 13:00 – Registration / Working Lunch 13:00 – 14:00 – Annual Financial […]
Family Finance Seminar – Brighton
Pump Court Chambers Family Finance Team is pleased to announce our annual Brighton Family Finance Seminar, providing valuable and in-depth updates for all practitioners at intensive afternoon sessions. Venue The Hotel du Vin, 2 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AD (map) Schedule 12:30 – 13:00 – Registration / Working Lunch 13:00 – 14:00 – Annual Financial […]
Family Finance Seminar – Chichester
Pump Court Chambers Family Finance Team is pleased to announce our annual Chichester Family Finance Seminar, providing valuable and in-depth updates for all practitioners at intensive afternoon sessions. Venue Chichester Harbour Hotel, North Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1NH (map) Schedule 12:30 – 13:00 – Registration / Working Lunch 13:00 – 14:00 – Annual Financial […]
The quantification of a lump sum to offset pension disparity on divorce
Practitioners have an array of authorities on the issue of how to calculate the entitlement of spouses to a pension sharing order or the calculation of a capital sum to compensate a party for the loss of pension rights. The problem is that the approach of the courts is not uniform. There are now two […]
Updated guidance on the efficient conduct of Financial Remedy hearings in the High Court
On the 24th January 2016, Mr Justice Mostyn issued updated guidance on the conduct of financial remedy proceedings in the High Court (see here). It lays down important new rules concerning skeleton arguments and reiterates and reinforces other key messages about court bundles and the requirement to agree a Statement of Issues, Schedule of Assets, […]
The right against self incrimination for witnesses in Financial Remedy Proceedings
We have all been involved in representing clients who appear to have engaged in some form of criminal conduct during the course of the marriage. In financial remedy proceedings this usually takes the form of tax evasion or cheating the revenue. During the course of the proceedings a party will generally be expected to have […]
