United Kingdom: Family and Matrimonial

Navigating the division of financial assets during divorce requires understanding how courts assess investments, pensions, and savings to achieve fair outcomes.

It is a common scenario that a farm owner’s children will grow up working on the family farm on the promise that they will inherit the farm when the present farmer/landowner dies or retires. Unfortunately, it is also common that such agreements are never formally recorded. Often they can become the cause of bitter disputes later when an aggrieved child feels promises they received have not been honoured.

I recently had the pleasure of speaking at a webinar hosted by the British Nigeria Law Forum (BNLF), where I was invited to discuss the challenges surrounding placing children...