Financial remedies, cohabitation and marital breakdown – autumn update 2024
Recorded on: 21/11/2024
This webinar will examine the latest developments in financial remedies, cohabitation and marital breakdown in 2024.
This year has seen developments in the running of conduct issues, as well as the use of experts in financial remedy cases. Furthermore, there have been developments surrounding the use of Schedule 1 CA 1989 and the acquisition of beneficial interests and legal arguments surrounding the use of constructive trusts.
Other topics covered include:
- Developments in divorce processes
- Application for final order for divorce
- Position surrounding the ‘20 week’ period when pursuing a divorce and difficulties surrounding financial remedy consent orders
- Instructing experts in finance cases – consideration of BR v BR 2024 EWFC 11
- Will the court consider ‘economic abuse’ as conduct when dividing marital assets?
- Disproportionate legal costs – What will the court do?
- Developments surrounding cohabitation cases
- How does Schedule 1 CA 1989 fit into trusts of land disputes?
- Consideration of Schedule 1 and SP and QR 2024 EWFC 57 (B) and Y v Z (Schedule 1) [2024] EWFC 4
- Pleading conduct in financial remedy cases
- NCDR and developments
- Hadkinson orders and enforcement – consideration of Re Z (No.5) (Enforcement) 2024 EWFC 44 periodical payments and maintenance pending suit
- Inheritance and Barder principles
- Key case law updates
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