School fees (NTS) - Adam Ardrey, Optimum Advocates
Where one party has wanted children to attend a private school and the other party has not, to what extent can you offset school fees against any aliment and financial provision?
Special circumstances - Frank Burr, Arnot Manderson Advocates
If a business is commenced pre-marriage but during cohabitation, when will “special circumstances" arguments be successful in securing a share for the non-owning party?
Economic disadvantage - Alison Edmondson, SKO Family
What is the current climate in courts in awarding more than 50% in a division of matrimonial property in favour of a spouse who has given up a career and looked after the family?
Loans/gifts - Simon Sugar, 1 GC
How do you deal with parents over loans/gifts provided on 'woolly' and, often, solely-verbal terms?
What can and can't you do to help?
Minimising costs - David Kilshaw, Rawlinson Hunter
Which six questions should you always ask your client's tax adviser, e.g. before extracting assets out of a private business?
Minimising costs (NTS) - David Kilshaw, Rawlinson Hunter
Which six questions should you always ask your client's tax adviser, e.g. before extracting assets out of a private business?
Private Companies - Steve Taylor, St James Valuation
How do you value a small private company where each party is a shareholder?
Do you apply the share value at the date of separation or the date of divorce?
What if the two differ (wildly)?
School fees - Adam Ardrey, Optimum Advocates
Where one party has wanted children to attend a private school and the other party has not, to what extent can you offset school fees against any aliment and financial provision?
Nuptial agreements - Edward Boydell, Pump Court Chambers (Matrimonial Finance, 27.06.2019, London) What is the interaction of valid prenup and postnup agreements with s.25(2) MCA 1973? What are the drafting pitfalls? What about cohabitation agreements?
Future earnings - Gwyn Evans, Tanfield Chambers (Matrimonial Finance, 27.06.2019, London) Which grey areas and unresolved arguments remain after Waggott, on future earning capacity as a matrimonial asset and treatment of bonuses?
