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Henry Hood

Henry Hood

Henry Hood is a leading family lawyer in London with over 20 years of specialist experience. Henry is ranked as a leading individual in Chambers HNW ...

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Notionally Flawed? Notional Assessments in LSPO Applications

Notionally Flawed? Notional Assessments in LSPO Applications

The past weeks have brought two more High Court judgments considering the practice of deducting a percentage from an LSPO applicant’s costs provision by way of a ‘notional standard assessment’. The first, JK v LM [2024] EWHC 1442 (Fam), was a judgment of Cobb J doubling down on the

The Intersection Between LSPOs and Economic Abuse

The Intersection Between LSPOs and Economic Abuse

Recent years have seen increasing awareness of economic abuse, and how the financial remedy process can be manipulated as a tool of such abuse. However, one aspect of this has had little attention: the intersection between economic abuse and LSPOs. The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 includes economic abuse within the

DH v RH

DH v RH

In our recent article for the Financial Remedies Journal, ‘Living under an LSPO’, Amy Scollan and I explored the many challenges of those operating under a Legal Services Payment Order (LSPO) and the need for Court of Appeal guidance. The recent judgment in DH v RH [2023] EWFC 111 creates

Living under an LSPO

Living under an LSPO

Commentary on legal services payment orders (LSPOs) often concerns their effect on those required to fund them. That is not hard to understand. The (usually) substantial payment to an opposing firm to fund work perceived as contrary to the payer’s interest is never an enjoyable experience, however important a

Henry Hood

Henry Hood is a leading family lawyer in London with over 20 years of specialist experience. Henry is ranked as a leading individual in Chambers HNW and the Legal 500, and is a member of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL). He is an accredited Resolution specialist in financial