Family Brief

Transfers of Tenancy

Tousi v Gaydukova [2024] EWCA Civ 203 A paradox in financial remedies is that the cases involving the fewest assets are often the hardest ones to resolve. That isn’t to say that ‘big money’ cases are easy; far from it. But whereas the complexity in a significant asset case tends to arise at the computational…

Pulling the Threads Together

FINANCIAL REMEDIES IN BITE SIZED CHUNKS As practitioners, what we like above all is a concise summary of the law, ideally set out in Roman sub-paragraphs, under the heading “Pulling the threads together…”. This avoids the difficult and time-consuming task of having to analyse for ourselves what guidance can properly be drawn from a case,…

The Winds of Change

CASE MANAGEMENT IN THE FINANCIAL REMEDIES COURT: EXPECTATIONS OF COMPLIANCE This paper was originally given as a talk at Wilberforce Barristers, Hull, on 19 January 2024. INTRODUCTION Once upon a time, not so long ago, ‘ancillary relief’ was something of a legal backwater. Cases were determined solely by reference to ‘reasonable requirements’[1]. Procedural rules were…

Two Important Cases in One Day: Churchill and Griffiths

As the old saying goes, you wait ages for a London bus; then two arrive at once. Today (29 November 2023) the Supreme Court (Lords Hodge, Lloyd-Jones, Briggs, Burros and Stephens) handed down judgment in TUI v Griffiths [2023] UKSC 48 (“Griffiths”), while the Court of Appeal (Carr LCJ, Vos MR, Birss LJ) handed down…

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Alexander Chandler KC FCIArb

I am a King’s Counsel at 1KBW, specialising in financial remedies, TLATA and Schedule 1. I sit as a Recorder in the family court and Crown court, private FDR judge and arbitrator (FCIArb).

Disclaimer: posts do not constitute legal advice, copyright 2023.

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