In recent times there haven’t been many family decisions handed down from the Supreme Court. However, last month we had the decision of Re H-W (Children). That decision has been applied in two recent Court of Appeal decisions – one of which was a successful appeal from our local court. The recent decisions about proportionality […]
Read moreIt 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 […]
Read moreThis 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 […]
Read moreTomorrow we are joined by the newest member of the Unit Chambers family, Kelsey Marron, as she embarks on her twelve-month pupillage. We wanted to get to know her so we caught up with her in advance of her pupillage.When did you first realise you wanted to be in Law? As a child, the only […]
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