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  Oligarchs, Divorce Tourism And Dystophia  

OLIGARCHS, DIVORCE TOURISM AND DYSTOPIA For some years now, London has been regarded as the divorce capital of the world. That is a label which has been earned due to a succession of high value cases which have notably been regarded as more generous to financially weaker spouses than might have been the case in […]

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  Schedule One, Special Circumstances And Clarity From The Court Of Appeal  

Over the course of recent decades, the nature of domestic relationships in British homes has undergone tremendous change. Only in recent days, my colleague Alice Rogers has written on this ‘blog of the speed with which cohabitation has become more frequent – up by almost 60 per cent in less than 20 years – shedding […]

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  CONVENIENCE OR COMPLEXITY: PART III PROCEEDINGS – ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND THE NEED TO REVIEW  

Every so often, cases come before the family courts which command news coverage due to the size of the sums involved or the renown of the participants. In the last week, one such matter was determined by the Court of Appeal (https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2021/702.html). It has decided to allow Natalia Potanina to proceed with her claim for […]

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  Literature, Litigation Funding And A Long-Running Divorce  

It’s entirely possible that anyone reading reports of some of the divorces which feature in our national newspapers might conclude that the entire process is highly dramatic. The reality is that most marriages are brought to a legal conclusion in a relatively straightforward fashion. Although sometimes distressing for those involved, there is little of the […]

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