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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
17 August 2021
Separation and divorce: when attack isn’t the best form of defence
For many individuals starting divorce or Children Act proceedings, it is no doubt, at times, an intimidating experience. Clients are thrown into a world of legal jargon, where the court has wide powers to impose a decision on them that can have far reaching consequences on their life. Given this it is not surprising that some clients enter fight or flight mode.
28 July 2021
Defending a relocation application – what to consider?
Hearing the news that the other parent wishes to move away with your child permanently, perhaps many miles away from you, is likely to be met with a range of emotions. Some parents may instinctively feel that the other parent has the power to just “up and leave” with their child without your consent, particularly if the child lives with that parent for the majority of the time. In most circumstances, this is unlikely to be the case.
11 June 2021
On the rebound: How to clawback from a divorce
Mary Young explores how divorce settlements between spouses may be caught later down the line in bankruptcy proceedings as potential TUVs where there are dishonest motives.
11 June 2021
Convergent Divergence: When bankruptcy and the family courts collide
What often happens when the insolvency courts and family courts collide; the potential effect a bankruptcy order of one spouse can have on a financial order made in favour of the non-bankrupt spouse and the different tests of each court.
5 May 2021
The treatment of Personal Injury damages in divorce proceedings; the risks, and the measures that every practitioner should consider
Marriage can be difficult at the best of times; life changing injuries and the stress of an accident or clinical error can certainly increase the chances of marital breakdown.
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