28/11/2017
Recent surveys indicate divorce affects more than 100,000 families in England and Wales every year. If separating couples want to get divorced before two years of separation, they cannot do so without blaming each other. They must submit a petition detailing how the other is ‘at fault’. A study…

09/11/2017
In our last blog, we reported on the Alireza case. The Court of Appeal has now overturned a decision and ruled in favour of Saudi Heiress Hayat Alireza. (Alireza v Radwan & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 1545) Lady Justice Gloster said: “The judge had made an order which denied this…

25/10/2017
Achieving a Divorce settlement is always tricky but it can get even trickier when you are about to receive an inheritance or have already received one. In 2015, a High Court ruling awarded Ms Alireza from her banker ex-husband Hossam Radwan a lump sum of £2 million and the…

03/10/2017
It’s a fact – you do have the right in law to leave your money to anyone you like – even the cats’ home – and I’m sure they would be very grateful. The problem comes when you don’t provide for certain categories of dependents who can argue they…

14/09/2017
In May 2015 Mrs Tini Owens, 65 years of age, filed for divorce from her multi millionaire husband, Hugh Owens, 78 years of age, after 40 years of marriage. In 2016, Judge Robin Tolson QC refused her petition, ruling that her reasons for seeking the divorce were deficient, concluding…

21/08/2017
If you are in business, dealing with individuals who sometimes don’t pay, you may be thinking about “going legal“.  The County Court rules relating to debt claims are due to change in October 2017 and you must be aware of the new protocol to follow or the Court will…

25/07/2017
Spencer Laymond is a company lawyer with Curwens Solicitors. He sets out here his seven reasons why you may not need a partnership agreement and save yourself the money. This may seem an unusual headline.  Why would you not want or need a partnership agreement? After all, isn’t it…

20/06/2017
SHOULD THE UK COURTS FOLLOW THE ITALIAN SUPREME COURT ON SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE?  Will this case have any effect? According to “The Telegraph”, Vittorio Grilli, the former Italian Economy and Finance Minister (2012-2013) and his former wife Lisa Lowenstein, an American businesswoman, divorced acrimoniously in 2013.  Vittorio was ordered to…

29/05/2017
How would you face up to the financial realities of splitting up?  Sadly, the future can look grim because suddenly the truth may be dawning – after divorce, one partner has to face all the bills alone and often with a family to provide for. Often the partner without…

08/05/2017
That’s true, not just in an Australian soap opera, but all over the world, so the worst thing we can do is fall out with our neighbours because, as we all know “good neighbours become good friends“… or at least they don’t start a war which ends up in Court as…

18/04/2017
This time, more information from one of our business law specialists, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloakeda16c31c651ae01deb2793dd9bdd9be').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addyeda16c31c651ae01deb2793dd9bdd9be = 'spencer.laymond' +…

27/03/2017
For my latest blog, I’m grateful to my colleague, Spencer Laymond for reference to his Report for Accountants “7 pitfalls to avoid when buying Gross Recurring Fees”.  This is just an extract from the much longer and more detailed Report which is available direct from Spencer on 0208 363 4444  or…

07/03/2017
With the romance of Valentine’s Day now behind us, let’s talk again about the practical aspects of our relationships. With the unavoidable increase in divorce and separation rates, it means that more of us who are getting married or moving in together are not “first timers“. Not only that, either…

14/02/2017
Really ? How well do you get on with your neighbours ? Our Dispute Resolution team gets involved in so many property disputes between sellers/buyers and also neighbours over a whole range of problems. When we buy a property, we rely on the Sellers’ Property Information form to tell…

24/01/2017
This month, I’m grateful to my colleague, Vijaya Sumputh, one of our specialist Family Law Solicitors at Curwens for her timely advice on the way some family assets are dealt with in divorce : “According to a recent the Guardian, divorce enquiries are expected to rise more than 300% at the…

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