News & Events: Family Finance
‘A Practical Guide to Remarriage and Divorce’ by Cordelia Williams & Claire Howard
We are delighted to announce that ‘A Practical Guide to Remarriage and Divorce’ by Cordelia Williams of Pump Court & Claire Howard of Rayden Solicitors, has been published and is now available to order from Law Brief Publishing and Amazon. Description As family practitioners, the topic of remarriage before a party’s finances arising from their […]
Pump Court shortlisted for Client Service Set of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024
We are very proud that Pump Court has been shortlisted in the Client Service Set of the Year category at this year’s Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards. Based on rigorous research for Chambers UK Bar Guide, the awards recognise outstanding legal work and achievements, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client service delivery. To […]
Pump Court Chambers shortlisted for Family Law Commentator of the Year at the Family Law Awards 2024
We are extremely proud that the Pump Court Family Law Podcast has been shortlisted in the Family Law Commentator of the Year category at the LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2024. Now in its eighth series, the podcast has been downloaded nearly 60,000 times, with an average listenership of over 1,000 per episode. On Apple podcasts, […]
RM v WP [2024] EWFC 191 (B) – Jenna Lucas acts for husband in financial remedies hearing concerning matrimonial property
Jenna Lucas, instructed by Eleanor Wood and Jim Richards of Lawrence Stephens Solicitors, appeared on behalf of the husband in this financial remedies case concerning the provenance of assets and the approach when pre-marital assets had been used as a matrimonial home. During the course of the marriage, the parties lived consecutively in three homes […]
Pump Court Chambers shortlisted in six categories at The Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2024
We are delighted to announce that Pump Court and its members have been shortlisted in six categories at this year’s Legal 500 UK Bar Awards: Family law set of the year Family law Silk of the year: Leslie Samuels KC Family law Junior of the year: Jennifer Swan Crime and extradition Silk of the year: […]
Jennifer Lee’s article ‘Impact of Conduct on Needs’ published in the Financial Remedies Journal (Issue 2 – Summer 2024)
Jennifer Lee and Nicholas Allen KC’s article, ‘Impact of Conduct on Needs’, has been published in the latest edition of The Financial Remedies Journal (Issue 2 – Summer 2024). Introduction In this article, Jennifer and Nick (29 Bedford Row) explore the issue of ‘conduct’ and the tricky interplay with ‘needs’. Under s.25(2)(g) of the MCA […]
BC v SC [2023] EWFC 307 (B) – Jennifer Lee acts in significant case concerning the court’s approach to critical illness payments in financial remedies application
Jennifer Lee, led by Judith Murray KC, acted for the Applicant in BC v SC [2023] EWFC 307 (B). In a rare decision, the court considered whether critical illness insurance proceeds were matrimonial property. The parties had married in 2002. Their divorce was finalised in October 2021. In May and June 2021, the husband received […]
Jennifer Lee to take part in Family Justice Question Time panel at the Resolution National Conference 2024
We are delighted to announce that Jennifer Lee will join the Family Justice Question Time panel at this year’s Resolution National Conference, taking place in Manchester between Friday 17th and Saturday 18th May 2024. The Family Justice Question Time panel will be moderated by Joanne Edwards, Partner and Head of Family at Forsters, and will […]
Oliver Foy successfully represents the Intervenor in financial remedy proceedings to establish beneficial ownership of a substantial property portfolio
Ollie was instructed to act on behalf of the Intervenor to establish beneficial ownership of 8 properties. The Wife alleged that the Husband had a beneficial interest in each of these properties. Some of the properties were in the Husband’s name and some of the properties had been recently transferred out of the Husband’s name. […]
Hampshire Breakfast Briefing – Pensions Update 2024
When: Wednesday, 17th April 2024 | 8am – 10am (registration from 8am – 8.30am) Where: Moore Barlow LLP, Gateway House, Tollgate, Chandler’s Ford, Southampton, Eastleigh, SO53 3TG Fee: Free We are delighted to welcome back George Mathieson, of RBC Brewin Dophlin, for a Pensions Breakfast Briefing on Wednesday 17th April 2024. George is a recognised […]
‘Fabricated Judicial Decisions and “Hallucinations” – a Salutary Tale on the Use of AI’ by Jennifer Lee
The Financial Remedies Journal has published a blog by Jennifer Lee on ‘Fabricated Judicial Decisions and “Hallucinations” – a Salutary Tale on the Use of AI’. The blog addresses the use of AI, and in particular ‘generative AI’ such as ChatGPT, which comes with an entirely new set of opportunities and pitfalls for judges and practitioners, […]
Military Pensions Webinar
Programme Chair’s welcome/introduction: Mark Hood, Associate Solicitor & Head of Armed Forces Sector, Goughs Solicitors ‘Solicitor’s eye view’: Mark Hood (slides) Ensuring the scheme breakdown is understood on first interview; what do they have Drafting PSOs to 2 decimal points Immediate pensions v EDP payments and the ages that the pension credit member can take […]
