Europe: Family and Matrimonial

Paul Wild and Holly Cullen consider a recent case with Christina Haynes and millionaire ex-partner, Mark Austin, which has captured public attention on this question. Haynes claimed that Austin had promised her half of their £18 million family home.

Simply put, covert recordings are "any recordings made without the express knowledge and permission of the people being recorded, whether by video or audio."

What happens to the family home, an inheritance, or a gifted property when a marriage ends? A landmark ruling from the UK Supreme Court in Standish v Standish (2 July 2025) has just reshaped how courts decide what's fair when dividing...

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In the recent case of Saleemi v Parvez [2025] EWHC 1341 (Ch) and EWHC 1340 (Ch), a fiduciary faced the ultimate consequence for evading court proceedings and wrongly retaining estate funds.

Many, if not most, families will need to discuss caring for an elderly parent at some stage. Age UK research from 2023 found that more than 3 million people in the UK were personally caring for an elderly parent...

What happens to the family home, an inheritance, or a gifted property when a marriage ends? A landmark ruling from the UK Supreme Court in Standish v Standish (2 July 2025) has just reshaped how courts decide what's fair when dividing...

Paul Wild and Holly Cullen consider options as to what happens when your family is going through any form of relationship breakdown, such as a separation or divorce, and where there may be a breakdown...

As of April 2025, the family court fees have increased. Having only just increased last year already, the justification behind the increased fees provided by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) is to produce a significant level of additional funding that will go towards improving service delivery, subsidising the cost of related court and tribunal services for which they do not charge a fee, and reducing the overall cost to the taxpayer.