High Court to decide whether home on aristocrat’s family estate forms part of ex-wife’s £1.2m trust
An aristocrat is engaged in a complex High Court battle to prevent trustees of his ex-wife’s £1.2 million income fund from selling a cottage on his family’s 11th century rural estate in Somerset. Sir Benjamin Slade, 7th Baronet of Maunsel, was married to Lady Pauline Slade for 12 years before their divorce in 1994. As […]
Profile: Abigail Cooper, senior associate (family and divorce) at Bromleys Solicitors
Abigail is a senior associate in the family and divorce team, with over 26 years’ post-qualification experience. She is a member of Resolution, with specialist accreditations in private law children and financial remedy matters and is experienced in all aspects of divorce, financial remedy and private law children’s cases. This experience enables her to guide […]
Why the Children’s Commissioner’s letter to separating parents needs a more nuanced approach
Rachel Frost-Smith, head of children at Birketts, cautions against sharing a ‘one size fits all’ letter with separating parents before conducting proper screening for the risk of abuse. Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children’s Commissioner for England, has recently written a letter to separating parents. She hopes that this letter may be shared with […]