by H4r0ld83nj4m1n@ | Mar 18, 2022 | Family Offices, Private Clients
Children may not have the capacity to make important decisions for themselves, but that does not mean that family judges ignore their wishes and feelings. In a highly unusual case on point, a 17-year-old girl was granted her adamant wish to be adopted by her...
by H4r0ld83nj4m1n@ | Mar 7, 2022 | Family Offices, Private Clients
Before deciding where a child’s best interests lie, family judges often have to conduct detailed inquiries into the character and conduct of their parents. In a unique case on point, a judge ruled that a father was probably responsible for the fatal poisoning of...
by H4r0ld83nj4m1n@ | Feb 23, 2022 | Family Offices, Private Clients
The question of who is to blame for the breakdown of a marriage is often uppermost in divorcees’ minds, but it is hardly ever relevant when it comes to fairly dividing up assets. The High Court made that point in the case of a husband who kept two families and...
by H4r0ld83nj4m1n@ | Feb 14, 2022 | Family Offices, Private Clients
When a relationship between partners who jointly own their home breaks down, one of them may move out leaving the other in sole occupation. That is a commonplace scenario but, as a High Court case showed, it can give rise to legal and financial issues that are far...
by H4r0ld83nj4m1n@ | Feb 4, 2022 | Family Offices, Private Clients, Wills, Trusts and Probate
If someone on whom you depend financially dies without reasonably providing for you in their will, you should contact a solicitor straight away. In a High Court case on point, a delay in seeking legal advice very nearly stymied a disinherited widow’s claim...
by H4r0ld83nj4m1n@ | Feb 1, 2022 | Family Offices, Private Clients
Many families have one foot in the UK and another abroad and that can give rise to parental disagreement as to where their children should live. Wherever in the world British children may be, however, family judges in this country have an inherent power to make...
