K v K (ancillary relief: management of difficult cases) [2005] EWHC 1070 (Fam), [2005] All ER (D) 439 (May)
The general practice in the Family Division should be that only joint valuations are acceptable; one side’s refusal to co-operate cannot be circumvented by unilateral action, but should be dealt with by an application to the court. Notwithstanding CPR r 38.8, in matrimonial cases in which emotions often run high, it is prudent to act co-operatively and, therefore, jointly.
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An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ
