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The Summary of the Summaries (Summer 2024)

The Summary of the Summaries (Summer 2024)

BR v BR [2024] EWFC 11 (Peel J) When should a single joint expert (SJE) be instructed rather than two or more separately instructed experts in financial remedy proceedings? The default position is that, wherever possible, an SJE should be directed rather than giving permission for two or more experts

Implications of the Changing Non-domicile Regime

Implications of the Changing Non-domicile Regime

On 6 March 2024, the Government announced a major overhaul of the regime for the taxation of non-doms in the United Kingdom (UK). These changes will impact all high net worth UK residents whose domicile for tax purposes is outside the UK (‘non-doms’) but may have a particularly significant impact

Tech Corner: Ethical AI for Family Lawyers

Tech Corner: Ethical AI for Family Lawyers

A conversation between Kay Firth-Butterfield and Rhys Taylor Rhys Taylor: Could you tell me about your current role please? Kay Firth-Butterfield: Currently, I run my own consultancy, education and thought leadership company called Good Tech Advisory through which I give speeches and help companies and countries think about their design,

Reform of Financial Provision on Divorce

Reform of Financial Provision on Divorce

What’s the problem? After much hesitation and delay, both from the government and the profession, it seems that at last the Law Commission will set to reforming the law of financial provision on divorce. The significant problems of this area were addressed, but not completely resolved, in the Law

Proving Foreign Law in Financial Remedy Proceedings

Proving Foreign Law in Financial Remedy Proceedings

Foreign law often rears its head in financial remedy proceedings with an international element. Issues of foreign law need not cause panic or confusion provided they are identified and appropriately case managed early in the proceedings. The trouble is, often they are not. Many practitioners will have experienced being sent

Chair’s Column (Summer 2024)

Chair’s Column (Summer 2024)

The FRJ website I am delighted to see from a perusal of the latest statistics on the use of the range of FRC-related resources on the FRJ website (www.financialremediesjournal.com) that the vision of providing the ‘go to’ place for financial remedies practitioners has become a reality, with 408,