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The dig continues

05 July 2007 / James Pirrie , Bradley Williams
Issue: 7280 / Categories: Features , Family
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James Pirrie and Bradley Williams reflect on the Court of Appeal’s findings in Charman v Charman

Some of the finest minds in matrimonial finance are back at it—struggling over the conundrum of what to do with all that money.
In The legal dig (NLJ, 16 March 2007, pp 382–84) we endeavoured to sketch the outline of the landscape that had developed since White v White [2001] 1 All ER 1, [2000] 3 WLR 1571. A few weeks later, on 4 April 2007, Mr Justice Charles handed down his judgment in H v H [2007] EWHC 459 (Fam), [2007] All ER (D) 88 (Apr) and we identified the straws this appeared to throw in the air to help us assess the direction in which the courts are now blowing (NLJ, 4 May 2007, pp 627–28). Hardly had that touched our desks then the gale that is Charman v Charman [2007] EWCA Civ 503, [2007] All ER (D) 425 (May) was upon us on 24 May.

THE FACTS

Mr and Mrs Charman separated in November

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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