Posted By: Julie Tierney
When seeking advice on separation or divorce, you will always be advised to obtain a full and final settlement of all outstanding financial matters between you and your ex-partner or ex-spouse to prevent any future claims on your assets. It is advisable that any agreement reached should be put into...
What's 'discovery' and what’s all the fuss about it?
Posted By: Julie Tierney
A fundamental part of divorce is disclosing all financial items to your ex-spouse with the intention of finalising all financial matters between you once and for all. This procedure includes disclosing everything; right down to that bank account you once opened as a student 10 years ago for the refe...
I’ve been served with a divorce petition – what should I do?
Posted By: Julie Tierney
Usually when couples are separating they will have instructed lawyers to act for them independently and will have already received some form of advice on how to deal with a divorce petition. Unfortunately there are some occasions where service of divorce proceedings may come entirely out of the blu...
Posted By: Julie Tierney
According to the Office for National Statistics, co-habiting couple families were the fastest growing family type between 1996 and 2016, more than doubling from 1.5 million families to 3.3 million families. According to research from relationship charity One Plus One, almost half (47%) of the Br...
'Tis the season for sensible decisions
Posted By: Julie Tierney
Christmas is such a joyous time for most, with not only the holidays to look forward to, but the customary engagement announcements. In the hype of such an announcement often the financial implication of marriage or civil partnership can be forgotten about and little or no consideration is given t...
Divorce and your family business
Posted By: Julie Tierney
The emotional trauma of separating from your spouse can be difficult enough without having to come to terms with the impact such a process will have on your family business you have worked long and hard to build. The reality, unfortunately, is that any family business in which divorcing spouse h...
A heart breaking decision for the Family Court
Posted By: Julie Tierney
The job of the Family Court is to routinely make decisions on emotive subjects but no subject could be more emotive for a Judge than to be asked to rule on the wishes and feelings of a dying teenager. A 14 year old girl, JS, who was terminally ill with cancer, expressed her dying wish to be cryogen...
