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Family law brief: November 2024

08 November 2024 / Ellie Hampson-Jones , Carla Ditz
Issue: 8093 / Categories: Features , Family , Divorce
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In their first quarterly update monitoring trends in the Family Court, Ellie Hampson-Jones & Carla Ditz discuss cases involving jurisdiction, privacy, FDR hearings & private equity
  • Explores recent, published judgments relating to family law matters and highlights those of particular interest to enable practitioners to keep abreast of evolving law.

In keeping with the President of the Family Division’s stated objective to ‘open up’ the Family Court and explain its workings and decisions, the judiciary continues to publish judgments at a keen pace. Here we explore recent, published judgments relating to family law matters and highlight those of particular interest to enable practitioners to keep abreast of evolving law.

The chosen cases for this update cover four key areas:

  • jurisdiction;
  • publicity/privacy;
  • the importance of financial dispute resolution hearings; and
  • the treatment of private equity interests.

Jurisdiction for divorce applications

TI v LI [2024] EWFC 163 (B): England and Wales left the European Union on 31 January 2020. Before Brexit, the law dealing with jurisdiction on divorce was contained in EU legislation. This meant an amendment

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