25 December 2017
Head of Family, Jo Edwards, was quoted in an article by The Telegraph on how to manage pre-nuptial agreement discussions sensitively, it being her experience that the vast majority of pre-nup discussions proceed to a satisfactory conclusion.
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22 December 2017
Rosie and Dickon wrote a piece for Spear's magazine on how couples making commitments to each other such as living in together.
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20 December 2017
Senior Associate, James Brockhurst, presented on cryptocurrencies and smart contracts at the Simon Gore “Family Law Monthly Update” podcast.
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16 December 2017
Jo Edwards, commented in a piece about a new survey of magistrates showing the impact on the family justice system.
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14 December 2017
Family partner, Rosie Schumm and associate, Christine Abbotts, had their article “Spousal maintenance and gender inequality” published in Family Law journal.
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3 December 2017
Jo Edwards, commented in the Sunday Times on the need for formalised legal protection for cohabiting couples when they separate or when one of them dies.
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29 November 2017
Jo was interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour about a case involving a lady who successfully brought a claim for bereavement benefit following the death of her partner.
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29 November 2017
James Brockhurst, discusses blockchain developments and what family offices should assess if considering investing in cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings.
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23 November 2017
Jo Edwards, was quoted extensively in The Times article, “Family Matters : Lawyers call for modern approach to marriage and divorce”.
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16 November 2017
Rosie Schumm was interviewed for The Telegraph’s It’s Your Money podcast discussing the significance of post-nuptial agreements as a wealth protection strategy.
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12 November 2017
Family partner, Rosie Schumm, commented on the rise and application of post-nuptial agreements.
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9 November 2017
Jo Edwards, commented in The Telegraph on a case about the cancellation of 21 divorces due to fraud.
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8 November 2017
Jo Edwards, featured on BBC Radio 4's Money Box live programme and answered calls on no-fault divorce, finances on divorce and separation and navigating the court system.
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1 November 2017
Head of Family, Jo Edwards, wrote a letter to the editor of The Times in support of no-fault divorce.
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1 November 2017
Jo Edwards, Amanda Sandys and Jamie Gaw are now regular expert contributors to Family Law on the subject of dispute resolution.
Subscribers to Family Law can access their first article, “Family dispute resolution: a practitioners’ perspective”.
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31 October 2017
Jo Edwards was quoted in Spears about newly-launched research about no-fault divorce and the continuing calls for reform of the law.
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31 October 2017
Forsters’ family team surveyed solicitors from 25 leading family law firms in England & Wales about their experience of advising clients on nuptial agreements.
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28 October 2017
Jo Edwards wrote a blog for Conservative Home about the arguments for no fault divorce, what those who oppose it say, and what has stood in the way of change so far.
The full blog can be read here.
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25 October 2017
Private Client partner, Anthony Thompson, has written for Spear's Magazine discussing the role of lasting powers of attorney in estate planning.
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24 October 2017
Property Litigation partner, Ben Barrison, was quoted in this weekend's Sunday Times article entitled 'How to fix fallen fence panels'.
With the recent arrival of storms Ophelia and Brian to the UK the article acted as a reminder to property owners to check their boundaries and avoid any neighbourly disputes over responsibility and maintenance.
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22 October 2017
Jo Edwards, had comments published in The Sunday Telegraph and The Mail Online on the rise of infidelity enabled by technology.
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22 October 2017
Jo Edwards published a blog in response to Peter Lloyd’s article on why men should avoid marriage on The Transparency Project's website.
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18 October 2017
Jo Edwards was quoted in relation to the latest divorce statistics for England and Wales published by the Office for National Statistics today, in The Times, The Times Brief and Family Law.
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18 October 2017
Corporate-style governance for families and the role of advisors were among the topics of discussion at a recent STEP Journal roundtable.
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16 October 2017
Family associate, Dickon Ceadel, was quoted in The Law Society Gazette.
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29 September 2017
The latest Family Court quarterly statistics for England and Wales revealed a sharp increase in the number of divorcing couples going to court without legal representation.
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28 September 2017
Jo Edwards commented on the latest Office for National Statistics civil partnership figures for England and Wales, her comments featuring in The Times and New Law Journal.
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28 September 2017
Ben Walton, partner in our Dispute Resolution team, took part in a roundtable discussion.
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26 September 2017
Q: I am buying a property which has an existing defective title insurance policy. Please can you explain a bit more about what this means?
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13 September 2017
The ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ is now one of the top 10 mortgage lenders. So how should you advise clients receiving funds from family, and when should you advise them to consult a family lawyer?
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12 September 2017
Genevieve Loveland, Peter Selwyn, and Sarah Harte discuss the drafting of rights of way, the new Electronic Communications Code, and the ‘registration gap’.
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4 September 2017
Emily Exton, Head of Dispute Resolution, was quoted in Spear’s magazine discussing a fascinating case involving the heirs of the Nizam of Hyderabad and the rise of trust and estate litigation as complex family structures become more commonplace.
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31 August 2017
Family partner, Rosie Schumm answers this reader question in The Telegraph: I had an amicable divorce, I then discovered a policy that paid out £200,000. Should I tell my ex?
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31 August 2017
Family partner, Rosie Schumm answers this reader question in The FT: is my family trust vulnerable in the event of a divorce?
Rosie answered that trusts can be vulnerable to attack on a divorce and discusses the use of pre-nuptial agreements to help protect family wealth.
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31 August 2017
Rosie Schumm comments on the latest Brexit paper and the implications for children in abduction cases.
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16 August 2017
Family partner, Rosie Schumm, was quoted in The Telegraph discussing the case of divorcee, Graham Mills.
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15 August 2017
Rosie Schumm has written for Spear’s magazine discussing the divorce of Roman Abramovich.
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14 August 2017
Q. We took a lease in 2013 of two floors of an office building in London. Our company has downsized, and we no longer require such a large space. Is there any way in which this new company can take the lease off our hands?
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11 August 2017
Family partner, Rosie Schumm was interviewed by The Telegraph about the new divorce forms and shared her thoughts.
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31 July 2017
Jo and Dickon wrote a piece for Spear's magazine offering a cross-border analysis and find that 'divorce tourism' from Scotland is here to stay.
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18 July 2017
Recent statistics published by the ONS show a significant increase in marriage and divorce rates for the over 65s, bucking recent trends in society as a whole.
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3 July 2017
The latest Family Court quarterly statistics for England and Wales, for the period January to March 2017, revealed a rise in applications involving children and finances, causing longer waiting times for those needing to access the courts.
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22 June 2017
Head of Family, Jo Edwards provides insight into the latest divorce statistics published by the Office for National Statistics, which showed a marked decline.
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19 June 2017
Every week, Mansion Global poses a question to tax lawyers specialising in real estate wealth. Private Client Partner, Catherine Hill answered the following question.
Are there any incentives to offset property taxes if I purchase a historic property outside of London?
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16 June 2017
Jamie Swan provides a practical guide to safeguarding construction contracts after Brexit in a recent Property Law Journal article.
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15 June 2017
Family partner, Rosie Schumm, has published an article in Campden Family Business on the evolution of nuptial agreements.
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14 June 2017
The Court of Appeal ruled in the case of Julie Therese Sharp v Robin Duncan Sharp, that the combination of factors - a short marriage, no children, dual incomes and separate finances - warranted departing from the equal sharing principle in the division of marital assets.
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12 June 2017
Jo Edwards discussed an impending judgement which could be significant in determining the division of marital assets in "short" marriages in an article for The Law Society Gazette.
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12 June 2017
Head of Private Client, Patrick Harney was interviewed for The Lawyer article "Private client 2.0" which discussed the private client landscape from a legal perspective.
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8 June 2017
The SDLT regime for residential property is complex and solicitors must ensure they understand the full fact pattern of their client’s case before advising, explains Elizabeth Small in a recent Solicitors Journal article.
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30 May 2017
Sarah Heatley, James Noble, and Charlotte Ross discuss the right to manage, the risks involved in deeds of variation, and the reasonableness of recovery of repair costs.
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17 May 2017
The Bank of Mum and Dad is set to lend or gift £6.5 billion to children buying property this year, according to recent reports - a 30% increase on the £5 billion loaned in 2016.
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17 May 2017
Q: I am buying a development site with the benefit of planning permission. Am I right in thinking there is no issue with me using the design drawings which formed part of the planning application?
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12 May 2017
Family partner, Rosie Schumm commented on a significant UK divorce ruling, where the estranged wife was awarded £453 million.
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4 May 2017
Laura Williamson highlights the pros and cons of the proposed register for foreign property-owning companies in Property Law Journal.
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3 May 2017
Managing Partner, Paul Roberts and Senior Partner, Smita Edwards are quoted in an article by Legal Business discussing the Forsters' financial performance in the year 2016 – 2017.
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28 April 2017
Family Partner, Rosie Schumm has been featured in The Spear's Indices and sources say "she has a well-deserved reputation for being charming with clients and fellow lawyers alike."
Click here for the full article, where Rosie discusses a collaborative approach to pre-nuptial agreements.
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15 April 2017
Jo discussed Work v Gray and the spectre of Ryan Giggs' high profile divorce.
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12 April 2017
Jo's profile and hopes for family justice were published in New Law Journal.
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12 April 2017
Jo was interviewed by Julia Hartley-Brewer about the state of divorce law, reasons for a departure from a 50/50 split of assets on divorce and calls for reform of the law.
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11 April 2017
Jo's comments about the circumstances in which one party's contribution was such as to merit a departure from a 50/50 division of assets on divorce were published by the Press Association and the Financial Times.
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1 April 2017
Jonathan Ross, Partner and his contact Roger Levitt discuss the mediation process.
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28 March 2017
Significant changes are being proposed by the UK government to the way in which non-UK resident companies may be taxed. This will affect overseas companies that invest in UK real estate.
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24 March 2017
Jo Edwards commented on the case of Mr and Mrs Owens, in which the Court of Appeal agreed that Mrs Owens had not satisfied the legal test for a divorce.
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20 March 2017
Emily Exton, Head of Dispute Resolution at Forsters LLP, was quoted in The Times law newsletter The Brief on the Ilott v Mitson Supreme Court ruling.
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20 March 2017
Every week, Mansion Global poses a tax question to tax lawyers specialising in real estate wealth. Patrick Harney, Head of Private Client and Helen Marsh, Residential Property partner answered the following question.
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20 March 2017
Emily Exton, spoke to BBC Radio London presenter Vanessa Feltz and various callers about the significance of a will in determining how the estate of a deceased individual should be divided.
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17 March 2017
The Supreme Court's judgment in Ilott v The Blue Cross and others which was handed down on 15 March 2017 marks the end of a dispute that has been both protracted and well-publicised.
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15 March 2017
Q: We are buying a let property and I am concerned that the service charge regime has been poorly run by the current owners.
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27 February 2017
In their article Jo and Dickon explain that Britain leaving the EU could have a big impact on family law.
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21 February 2017
Jo Edwards, Head of Family here at Forsters LLP, spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live about the Court of Appeal decision in a case involving two cohabitants, Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, who want the law to be changed to permit opposite sex couples to be able to ent
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20 February 2017
Dickon was quoted in relation to the case of Mrs and Dr McFarlane in which the divorcee lost her appeal in a £2.3 million divorce battle.
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15 February 2017
Jo was interviewed/quoted in relation to the case of Mr and Mrs Owens, a couple married for 39 years when Mrs Owens brought divorce proceedings.
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11 February 2017
Jo was interviewed by Paul Lewis about the ramifications of a new Supreme Court case.
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9 February 2017
Jo discussed with Vanessa a new Supreme Court case, In the matter of an application by Denise Brewster for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland)
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8 February 2017
Jo was quoted in a piece in the Independent about a new Supreme Court case, In the matter of an application by Denise Brewster for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland).
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6 February 2017
Jo was interviewed by finance journalist Sarah Pennells on Share Radio's "Women and Money" about the financial rights of couples who live together without marrying, at the end of a relationship.
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21 January 2017
Jo spoke to Paul Lewis of BBC Radio 4 Money Box about a case imminently to go to the Court of Appeal
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20 January 2017
Jo discussed the spectre of greater transparency in family law cases and the erosion of an individual's right to privacy.
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19 January 2017
We own a number of unmortgaged properties throughout the UK, and are aware that fraudulent property transactions are on the rise. Is there any way that we can easily monitor activity in relation to our properties?
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19 January 2017
Every week, Mansion Global poses a tax question to tax lawyers specialising in real estate wealth. Patrick Harney, Head of Private Client and Jeremy Robertson, private client solicitor answered the following question.
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10 January 2017
Poole v Everall provides a stark reminder of the court’s preferences when considering whether or not to affirm a will, write Emily Exton and Marina Griggs of the Contentious Trust and Probate team.
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3 January 2017
Jo advocated the introduction of online divorce, whilst highlighting the need for statutory reform to lose fault-based grounds and the acrimony that they bring.
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