Legendary Cases: Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] UKHL 24

Full judgment here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldjudgmt/jd060524/mill-1.htm Miller;McFarlane is the second of two colossuses (the other being White v White) in whose ample shadows financial remedies disputes continue to be fought to this day. In White, Lord Nicholls established the “yardstick of equal division”, saying that “As a general guide, equality should be departed from only if, and […]

What is “Middle Money”?

How do you predict how the court will treat your finances if you get divorced? Financial remedies law is very reliant on guidance given by senior judges in previous cases. But the only cases that get reported are those that reach the High Court or Court of Appeal. And that means that they are nearly […]