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NLJ this week: Impact of significant issues in fact finding hearings

15 December 2023
Issue: 8053 / Categories: Legal News , Family
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Family law cases can abruptly change direction upon the emergence of significant issues in the fact finding hearing. In this week’s NLJ, Sarah Hughes, partner, and Victoria Rylatt, senior associate solicitor, Anthony Gold Solicitors report on recent caselaw where the fact finding hearing has had ‘significant repercussions for the rest of the proceedings’

Hughes and Rylatt cover three cases in depth, each one including valuable lessons for family practitioners. They include a shocking case where false denials led to an adverse costs award, and in which the judge set out ten ‘propositions’ on costs.

The other cases concern costs on appeal of a fact finding hearing, and a grave case in which indirect contact was refused.

Issue: 8053 / Categories: Legal News , Family
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