If football pundit Gary Lineker has recently attacked family solicitor fees because they\u00a0\u201cmanipulate\u201d the situation to increase their costs it is probably the thought of giving away all those\u00a0crisp notes! In any event, his assessment is not borne out by the experience of Wrigley Claydon\u2019s\u00a0family team.<\/p>\n
Mr Lineker\u2019s suggestion of a formula to assist in working out a financial settlement in all cases may\u00a0be an admirable proposition in principle. However, we all know that the financial background of one\u00a0married couple can be very different from another and the application of a formula across the board\u00a0would be problematic.<\/p>\n
By contrast the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, which governs financial issues on divorce and civil\u00a0partnership dissolution, sets out a list of factors the court should consider when addressing financial\u00a0issues (eg age, earning capacity, contributions, financial resources etc) and all family solicitors will\u00a0have this in mind when discussing and negotiating matters. This non-exhaustive list gives the court\u00a0the discretion needed to achieve fairness between the parties. The uncertainty that this may cause\u00a0has to be seen in the context of the flexible approach that can be applied by the court.<\/p>\n
And whatever Mr Lineker might think, the procedure in family cases is governed by the Family\u00a0Proceedings Rules 2010 which at the outset (rule 1.1) make it clear that the overriding objective is to\u00a0\u201cdeal with cases justly\u201d, which includes dealing with matters expeditiously, proportionately, saving\u00a0expense and ensuring the parties are on an equal footing.<\/p>\n
The massive reduction in legal aid eligibility in family matters has meant that early advice from a\u00a0specialist is essential.<\/p>\n
As family law solicitors we are specialists dealing with people from a variety of backgrounds and can\u00a0assist our clients in finding their solution during what is probably a difficult time.<\/p>\n
If football pundit Gary Lineker has recently attacked family solicitor fees because they\u00a0\u201cmanipulate\u201d the situation to increase their costs it is probably the thought of giving away all those\u00a0crisp notes! In any event, his assessment is not borne out by the experience of Wrigley Claydon\u2019s\u00a0family team. Mr Lineker\u2019s suggestion of a formula to assist in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[218,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-law","category-news","category-218","category-35","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrigleyclaydon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}