The cost of lying in your divorce or dissolution
Lying about your finances during a divorce or dissolution rarely stays hidden. When it emerges, it often changes the entire course of proceedings. What begins as an attempt to protect assets can quickly become a reason for increased scrutiny, higher costs, and...
How future earning potential is considered in a financial settlement
When going through a divorce or dissolution of your civil partnership, a key concern is how both parties will have financial security moving forward. While the court will look at each parties’ existing income, assets and financial resources when agreeing a...
Cohabitation Agreements and Declarations of Trust
It is a common misapprehension that if you live with someone long enough, your relationship transforms into a ‘common law marriage’ and you acquire the same legal rights over each other’s property and assets as a married couple. However, under U.K. law, you can...
The UK Supreme Court’s position on premarital wealth on divorce
If you are considering separating, or are currently going through a divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership, you may be concerned about what will happen to the assets you owned before the relationship began. Will they be protected? Could your former partner make...