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

> Court-Proven, Solution-Focused Answers to the 7 Biggest Legal Matters Facing Experienced Mat Finance Practitioners: Directly from Top-Rated KCs, Senior Juniors and Solicitors

- Format: In-person
- Date: Wednesday, 26 April 2023, 10:00AM to 4:00PM (registration from 9:30AM)
- Venue: The Lowry Hotel, 50 Dearmans Place, Manchester, M3 5LH
- 5 hours CPD
- Rates: Live Attendance £249.00 + VAT per person
- Status: This conference has taken place
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/matfinmanchester23

## Programme

- 09:30 Registration and coffee
- 10:00 Chair's Introduction: Matrimonial Finance: Shaping new law into solution-focused advice for your clients
  - Answered by Ros Bever, Irwin Mitchell
- 10:10 Maintenance: What are the trends in spousal maintenance decisions and the impact on client advice caused by judicial inconsistency?
  - Answered by Justin Warshaw KC, 1 Hare Court
- 10:45 Non-matrimonial property: What is the latest judicial thinking on the treatment of non-matrimonial property, including inheritance, pensions and the application of the mingling principles?
  - Answered by Samantha Hillas KC, St John's Buildings
- 11:20 Morning coffee
- 11:35 New cost rules: Under the new FPR 9.27A, 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 Abigail Bennett, in-house counsel, JMW Solicitors
- 12:10 Sustainable income: Given the current economic climate, how do you challenge the finding of a single joint expert on a sustainable income for a director of a limited company?
  - Answered by Sally Harrison KC, St John's Buildings
- 12:45 Overrun
- 13:00 Lunch
- 13:45 Pensions: How far can you push "need" in pensions, particularly in short to medium-length and childless marriages or where parties are comparatively young?
  - Answered by Grant Lazarus, 7 Harrington St
- 14:20 Schedule 1: What is realistic and achievable in schedule 1 applications?
  - Are they only appropriate for asset/income-rich cases, and how do you gain an edge for your client?
  - Answered by Tim Parker KC, Deka Chambers
- 14:55 S37 injunction: How do you successfully run a S37 injunction preventing one party from disposing of assets, and how will this work within the No-Fault divorce process?
  - Answered by Tom Fazackerley, 7 Harrington St
- 15:30 Over-run
- 16:00 Close of conference

## How to book

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