# Matrimonial Finance Law & Practice: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Answers for Your Clients

> Court-Proven, Solution-Focused Answers to 7 of the Biggest Legal Challenges facing Experienced Practitioners: Directly from Top-Flight King’s Counsel, Judges and Senior Juniors

- Format: Hybrid
- Date: Thursday, 20 June 2024, 10:00AM to 4:00PM (registration from 9:30AM)
- On-demand: 27 June 2024 until 31 October 2024
- Venue: The Caledonian Club, 9 Halkin Street, London, SW1X 7DR
- 5 hours CPD
- Rates: On-Demand Single £149.00 + VAT per person; On-Demand Team £259.00 + VAT per team
- Status: This conference has taken place
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/matfinance24

## Programme

- Chair's Introduction: Matrimonial Finance Law & Practice: Shaping new developments into solution-focused answers for your clients
  - Chaired by Samantha Hillas KC, St John's Buildings
- Non-matrimonial Property: What is the latest judicial thinking on non-matrimonial property, including inheritance, pensions and the application of the mingling principles, with a focus on "needs"?
  - Answered by Justin Warshaw KC, 1 Hare Court
- Conduct and Equality: To what extent does conduct give you an edge when arguing for a departure from equality following the spate of recent cases, and what type of conduct will the court take into account?
  - Answered by Michael Horton KC, Coram Chambers
- Pension sharing: What are the implications of the PAG2 report on pension sharing on divorce? How do you get it right for clients and protect yourself from claims made against you?
  - Answered by Grant Lazarus, 7 Harrington St Chambers
- Spousal Maintenance Claims: What is realistic and achievable in spousal maintenance claims, and how drastic must the change of circumstances be to vary upwards or downwards?
  - Answered by Abigail Bennett, JMW Solicitors
- Evolving Costs Rules: Under evolving costs rules, how do you pitch open and Without Prejudice offers, postpone offers, and what do you do when the other party is not making an offer?
  - Answered by James Ewins KC, QEB
- Company Income and Valuations: How do you help clients facing a sudden reduction in company income, expenses or valuation, and what do you do if you think the reductions are manipulations?
  - Answered by Jason Green, Harcourt Chambers
- Children’s Needs vs. Standard Splits: What counts and what will sway a court weighing children’s needs, like stable housing, against standard splits such as 50:50 or 60:40 in asset division?
  - Answered by Tim Parker KC, Deka Chambers

## How to book

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