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Our experienced financial disputes solicitors advise on the financial aspects of their divorce. Our typical work includes:
- Tracing and evaluating spousal assets to ensure our clients get the settlement to which they are entitled.
- Negotiating financial settlements.
- Agreeing court strategy for contentious financial claims
- Enforcing financial orders.
- Negotiating and drafting separation agreements.
- For international matters we urgently establish the most favourable jurisdiction for our clients as timing of the start of proceedings can be crucial.
We have in-depth experience of obtaining and opposing domestic and international freezing orders, and taking effective steps to enforce financial awards and orders for financial disclosure. We act to protect clients who suffer harassment or threats from their spouses, partners, family or other individuals.
Members of our family team also have a solid background in commercial disputes, cross border fraud cases, financial investigation and recovery. We are able to draw on the expertise of our corporate and property law experts throughout DMH Stallard when needed. This gives us the enhanced ability to tackle issues arising in family matters involving complex financial and business circumstances.
Our family experts have offices in London and across the South East including Gatwick and Crawley, Hassocks, Horsham, Brighton and Guildford.
Please note that visits to our office is by appointment only. If you wish to contact one of our financial disputes solicitors you can do via our online enquiry form.
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Successful divorce and financial separation
We represented the interests of the wife who owned a company jointly with her husband and on divorce he claimed that the assets should not be split equally, claiming he should have the higher share. The case involved gaining other professional opinions from accountants and financial planners. The legal arguments to establish the equal position of the wife were complex and successful.
Negotiating complex child access arrangements
We resolve complex disputes about children when a relationship between parents – married or unmarried – breaks down. Conflicts arose when the parents were unable to agree which one of them the child should live with and how much or how little contact the child should have with the parent he or she does not live with (the non-resident parent). We have successfully negotiated several arrangements that work for our clients.
Appeals – post-divorce settlement
We defended our client in an extremely complicated case and achieved excellent results. Their former Partner was a keen litigant and determined to appeal decisions the court made relating to finance and the children. Our client achieved and maintains a clean break in terms of capital, income and care of the children.
Cohabitation and pre-nuptial agreements
Our client had substantial capital assets and sought advice on what kind of financial claims could be made by a cohabitee on the one hand and a spouse on the other in the event of a relationship breakdown. They wanted to know if they should enter into a prenuptial agreement ahead of marriage and needed specialist advice on the law surrounding nuptial agreements in England and Wales. Because of the value of the assets, highly technical tax and trust law advice was required.
Non molestation orders (Harassment)
Our client was the victim of a prolonged course of harassment. The abuse the client was receiving was unrelenting. We successfully issued proceedings in the High Court for an injunction against the Defendant, preventing them from attending the client’s street, part of the beach on which the client lived, and from her gym.
International Divorce
DMH Stallard advised, led negotiations and achieved favourable financial settlement for our client. One party was based in the US and split his time between the UK and US each year. This cross-border matter necessitated input of experts in both UK and US.
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