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Olivia Piercy

Olivia Piercy

Olivia Piercy is a partner at Hunters Law and a member of Resolution’s Domestic Abuse Committee and co-Chair of Resolution’s working party on domestic...

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Principles vs Resources: Conduct and the Law Commission Scoping Report

Principles vs Resources: Conduct and the Law Commission Scoping Report

The Law Commission’s long awaited scoping report[[1]] on financial remedies was published on 18 December 2024. It concludes that the law relating to financial remedy should be reformed. We asked the Law Commission to clarify whether their concerns in respect of the fairness of the outcomes was restricted

N v J: the Last Word on Domestic Abuse as Conduct?

N v J: the Last Word on Domestic Abuse as Conduct?

N v J [2024] EWFC 184 (15 July 2024) On Monday last week, in N v J, Mr Justice Peel handed down the most recent authority on pleading conduct pursuant to s 25(2)(g) Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.[[1]] Those interested in this area have been keen to see

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

Is It Time to Consign the ‘Gasp’ Factor to the History Books?

Is It Time to Consign the ‘Gasp’ Factor to the History Books?

https://www.bailii.org/nie/cases/NIHC/Master/2023/6.html In the private law arena, the Family Court has taken huge strides forward in its understanding and approach to coercive control, following the landmark case of Re H-N and Others (Children) (Domestic Abuse: Finding of Fact Hearings) [2021] EWCA

Olivia Piercy

Olivia Piercy is a partner at Hunters Law and a member of Resolution’s Domestic Abuse Committee and co-Chair of Resolution’s working party on domestic abuse in financial remedy cases.