Family and Matrimonial

In certain circumstances, the courts are able to grant permission for continued storage of gametes or embryos where the strict legislative requirements for consent to such storage have not been...

The Family Court has ruled in financial remedy proceedings that a significant part of the value of a husband’s pensions had accrued during the marriage, but rejected the argument that...

The High Court has ruled that two girls, aged 10 and six, whose mother brought them to the UK without their father’s consent should return to Zimbabwe. The girls...

The Family Court has ruled in financial remedy proceedings that a departure from an equal division of assets was appropriate in view of the fact that riskier and less liquid...

When disagreements arise between neighbours about the ownership of land, it is invariably best to try to reach an amicable solution rather than engage in litigation. In an unusual case...

In a recent ruling on a wife’s application for a financial remedy order, the Family Court accepted that her caring responsibilities for the couple’s son justified a departure from the...

The government has announced that the allowance for Business Property Relief (BPR) and Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will be £2.5 million when it is introduced on 6 April 2026, rather...

The law affords testators a high degree of freedom to pass on their estates to whomever they wish, and the fact that the terms of a will may seem unfair...

The courts are alert to the risk of divorcing couples being less than honest about their assets and liabilities in financial remedy proceedings. Recently, the Family Court rejected a husband’s...

Under Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, landlords may evict tenants who have an assured shorthold tenancy which is a periodic tenancy or a fixed-term tenancy that has expired...