Blogs & opinions
- in the category: family-child law
Sheriff refuses financial order due to “web of deceit"
Agent “lost sight of role of solicitor” instructing expert
Failure to challenge affidavit evidence can affect case
Permanence order granted despite view of parent's drug expert
Sheriff rejects claim based on post-separation mortgage payments
No order made as value gain balanced by rent payments
Medical treatment did not preclude habitual residence
Mother's changed intention to remain in Scotland had become evident
Amendment competent to introduce separation ground?
Sheriff restates view that time must have passed before action
Intention at purchase key to matrimonial property dispute
Wife shows how to use s 9 principles to win capital sum
Sheriff wrong to decide case when proof part heard
Having ordered a proof and heard some evidence, it had to conclude
Pension subject to Dutch law left out of account
Contingent interest in share scheme counted once value known
Bar for permanence applications not quite so high
Sheriff held to have placed too great an onus on council
Permanence order decisions failed to take holistic approach
Inner House allows council appeal in interests of child's welfare
PVG disclosure scheme to be streamlined
Consultation on simplified system closes shortly
“No order” ruling justified for contact failure contempt
Sheriff entitled to give opportunity to reflect and change