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Cryptoassets – Still an Enigma?

Cryptoassets – Still an Enigma?

or Alice and Bob’s Adventures in Cryptoland: understanding the basics of crypto – a roadmap for the uninitiated As at October 2022, the time of writing this article, the market capital of Bitcoin is US$400 billion, down from a high of US$870 billion just last year. Despite the

Pound for Pound Orders: Are They Legal?

Pound for Pound Orders: Are They Legal?

It is now over 20 years since Holman J, in A v A (Maintenance Pending Suit: Payment of Legal Fees) [2001] 1 FLR 377, recognised that a maintenance order could reasonably include a contribution towards the payment of legal fees. At the time he handed down his decision, the Judge

Predatory Marriage – The Great Inheritance Scam?

Predatory Marriage – The Great Inheritance Scam?

The term ‘predatory marriage’ is not a legal concept, but rather a convenient descriptor for a marriage entered into in circumstances where one party to the marriage is vulnerable and has been induced to enter into the marriage by the other party who is acting solely for financial gain. The

‘For Reasons Which Are Not Fanciful’ – Daniels v Walker Applications in Financial Remedy Cases

‘For Reasons Which Are Not Fanciful’ – Daniels v Walker Applications in Financial Remedy Cases

More than 22 years after it was decided, there remains no reported decision in a financial remedies case in which a court has provided guidance in relation to whether or not to grant a so-called Daniels v Walker [2000] EWCA Civ 508, [2000] 1 WLR 1382 application for the instruction

PAG2: The Continuing Work of the Pension Advisory Group

PAG2: The Continuing Work of the Pension Advisory Group

In July 2019, the Pension Advisory Group (PAG) was pleased to publish its report A Guide to the Treatment of Pensions on Divorce, partially funded by the Nuffield Foundation.[[1]] This publication was expressly endorsed in the Foreword by the President of the Family Division and had the professional sponsorship

Chair's Column

Chair's Column

I am delighted to commend to you the third issue of the Financial Remedies Journal (FRJ) which, without doubt, sustains the standards set in the earlier issues for providing information and debate on the big subjects topical in the financial remedies world. Amongst other riches, readers will enjoy a thoughtful

Market Turbulence and Cash Equivalent Values (CEVs) for Defined Benefit Pensions, Q3 2022

Market Turbulence and Cash Equivalent Values (CEVs) for Defined Benefit Pensions, Q3 2022

There has been much publicity and comment about rising gilt yields following the “mini budget” statement. One of the consequences of rises in gilt yields, is that with all other things being equal, Cash Equivalent Values reduce. In other words, there is an inverse correlation between gilt yields and transfer