DJ Deborah Dinan-Hayward
Deborah is a Matrimonial finance and Tlata barrister and arbitrator at 36Group with particular expertise in high net-worth and complex financial remedy cases, most involving companies and/or farms. She is a member of the Farquhar Committee and sits as a civil and family Deputy District Judge on the Western Circuit. Deborah was called to the bar in 1988. She is also a Private FDR evaluator and the Directory Editor of the Financial Remedy Journal.
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Of Dogs and Divorce
Of dogs and divorce: why treating pets as chattels is an anachronism.
This is Ernest, our beloved English bull terrier. According to English law he has the same status as the chaise longue upon which he is performing his Kate Winslet impersonation. How can this be right? How can he
Pre-Nuptial Agreements: an ‘Oven-Ready’ Solution to a Pressing Problem? A House of Lords Debate
Late last month, Baroness Deech brought a motion in the House of Lords, ‘That this House takes note of the law relating to prenuptial agreements’.
The debate came against the backdrop of Baroness Deech having (of course) long pursued financial remedies reform through her Divorce (Financial Provision) Bill. She has
Stamp Duty Land Tax and Divorce
This is sometimes the forgotten tax on divorce. Maybe this is fair enough as there is a pretty clear exemption in tax law that states that stamp duty land tax (SDLT) will not apply to transfers pursuant to divorce.
However, the last few years have seen the introduction of two