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• Briers and Briers - another cautionary tale for divorcing couples.

  

  22 Jan, 2018 Posted By: Marion Fisher

  You may recall our blog in 2016 about  the case of Wyatt and Vince.  Even for those of us who have been practising family law for many years, this case was unusual and it brought home the importance of divorcing couples having a court sealed financial agreement, even if at the time of the divorce neither party had any real assets. Yet... read more.
  Tags: Family , Family Law , Cohabitation

• Wyatt and Vance, A Cautionary Tale for Divorcing Couples

  

  14 Jun, 2016 Posted By: M. Taylor

  Dale Vince and Kathleen Wyatt married in 1981, separated in 1984 and divorced in 1992.   At the time of the divorce, neither of them had much money, and it appears that no finacial order was made then.   Mr Vince went on to found his own extremely successful Green Energy business and became a multi-millionaire, his company being estimated... read more.
  Tags: Family Law , Divorce , Financial Settlement

• Flawed Court Website. Was your divorce settlement affected?

  

  18 Dec, 2015 Posted By: M. Taylor

  News has broken today that the  Form E financial Statement for use within financial proceedings in divorce and dissolution cases,  available on the Government’s website, had a software fault which resulted in the addition and subtraction feature giving incorrect answers. This has raised fears that people  who used Government’s... read more.
  Tags: Divorce , Family Law , Financial Settlement