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It is trite law that the usual position in Financial Remedy proceedings that each party shall bear their own costs, but that the court may make an award which provides for one party’s costs to be met by the other as part of a needs based award, or where litigation conduct is relevant to depart […]
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This decision follows not long after the case of Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2022] EWFC 30, where Mr Justice Mostyn determined that in the absence of a specific order preventing publication of information in financial remedy proceedings, the status quo should be maintained. In this case, H made an application for a Reporting Restriction Order (RRO) prior […]
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I am sure many of us who represent parents in private law proceedings, where allegations of domestic abuse are made, have been faced with swathes of documentary evidence which may include intimate images (photos and video footage) which the client seeks to rely on in support of their allegations, or in rebuttal to allegations made […]
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Last week finally saw the handing down of the President’s judgment in the snappily-named case of Somerset County Council v NHS Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group and Others [2022] EWFC 31, which gives further guidance following the 2021 Somerset decision of Mrs Justice Roberts. For a 3-minute explanation of the original Somerset decision and the Adoption […]
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