Publications

When unmarried couples jointly own their property but do not agree upon the size of each party's share then an almighty legal tangle can ensue.

Pre and Post nuptial agreements (together "nuptial agreements") are no longer the sole realm of movie stars and the super-rich. Nuptial agreements are rising in popularity as an effective wealth protection tool.

It has been another unusual year, and although many clients continued to face difficult markets, an increasingly large proportion have been thriving. Has a corner been turned? We don't think so yet - but the signs are encouraging, and we have begun 2011 with great optimism.

Read the Annual Review of our work and achievements from 2010.

Untangling the legal affairs of married foreign nationals can make interpreting Resolution 1441 look like child's play, say Dhana Sabanathan and Katie Longmate from Harbottle & Lewis.

The eagerly awaited judgment in the matter of Radmacher was finally handed down by the Supreme Court on 20 October 2010. Heralded as "groundbreaking", just what does the decision mean for those seeking to enter into a pre-nuptial agreement?

In April 2010, judgment was handed down in the case of JKN v JCN. The case has been described as a blow to those litigants trying to 'forum shop' by issuing a petition in the English courts, plainly one of the most generous jurisdictions in the world when there is a competing jurisdiction in play.

The Court of Appeal handed down a ground breaking judgment removing the protection to divorcing parties regarding the discovery and use of documents in financial proceedings.

A pre-nuptial agreement is a difficult thing to raise with your spouse to be. But given that two in three marriages end in divorce, should we be burying our heads in the sand, or planning for that possibility?