Work v Gray [2016] EWHC 562 (Fam)

Over the course of the last few years, I have dealt with a number of appeals against the making of liability orders and have published a couple of judgments where I think points have arisen which others may benefit from seeing how I have dealt with them. It is my

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

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

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