The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported earlier in October 2017 that in 2016 there were 106,959 divorces of opposite-sex couples in England and Wales. (Read their divorce update). This figure represents an increase of 5.8% in just 1 year. Whilst the figure of 106,959 seems high, the ONS notes that this figure is actually […]
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Josiah-Lake Gardiner is ‘committed to its clients’ says The Legal 500 UK 2017
Josiah-Lake Gardiner are pleased to announce that the firm has once again been recommended in The Legal 500 UK. The Legal 500 UK independently surveys law firms across the UK and ranks them in accordance to practice area. The Legal 500 UK 2017 edition recommends Josiah-Lake Gardiner for services in relation to Family Law and […]
Do I still get Half even if I do Nothing?
David acted for a very successful female executive (W) in financial remedy proceedings at the Central Family Court whose husband (H) had chosen to give up work as he ‘wanted to take a career break’. Facts/Issues. W who was aged 45 was a senior partner in a successful business earning a large six figure salary. […]
City Trader “Must I share my bonus for ever?”
This particular case study may be of interest to you if you are a city trader or the spouse of a city trader. Facts/Issues. The husband (H) in this case is an Oil Broker aged 48 years; his wife (W) is aged 50 and is currently not working but training to be a therapist. […]
A Footballers’ Wives Tale – ‘Genius’ and the special/stellar contribution argument
Ryan Giggs is just one of the latest high profile footballers presently embroiled in divorce proceedings following the breakdown of his 10-year marriage to wife Stacey. As has been reported in the press, Giggs is seeking to argue in the High Court that his “special contribution” to the family’s reported £40m+ fortune justifies him leaving […]
Needs Trump All
Rebecca acts for the wife (W) of a city trader, residing in Essex , in divorce proceedings. Facts/Issues W is aged 37. H is aged 38, There are two children aged 5 and 2. The marriage was of 7 years duration but there was a period of pre-marriage cohabitation. H is a city banker and […]
Pension sharing versus Capital aka Do I Get to Be Rich Now or When I Retire?
David acted for a young (39) male City Trader (H) in financial remedy proceedings. Facts/Issues The wife (W) was aged 40. Theirs was a 10-year marriage and they had two young children. Before their first child was born, both H and W were employed in the City and W hadn’t yet returned to work. […]
Family Law Jargon – Some Common Terms Explained
We’re well aware that sometimes our clients are a little bemused by some of the terms that lawyers like to use. Indeed, it can often seem as though the numerous clauses and sub-clauses that are inserted into legal documents are primarily designed to obscure the real meaning of what’s being said. As lawyers, of course, […]
Josiah-Lake Gardiner’s client, Julie Sharp, succeeds in her appeal
{UPDATED January 2018 – Our client has recently been in the news again regarding our successful challenge to the ‘out of date’ divorce legislation featured in the story below, including this article in The Mail – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5243913/Wealthy-trader-says-husband-won-lottery-cheating.html}. The eagerly awaited Judgment in our Court of Appeal case of Sharp v Sharp was handed down this […]
Josiah-Lake Gardiner was in the Court of Appeal in February 2017 representing Julie Sharp in her appeal against the High Court decision of Sir Peter Singer in 2015.
The High Court awarded Julie’s former husband a property worth circa £1.1million and a lump sum of circa £1.6million. In addition, the husband was awarded a further lump sum of £60,000 to offset his claim for a share of Julie’s pension. The husband’s total award was ci…