Hill Dickinson’s family team specialises in resolving financial claims on separation and divorce, protecting and safeguarding clients’ interests through realistic, objective advice on:
- Strategic planning for divorce and the financial issues arising from it
- The best approach to meet a client’s needs, from taking no action to immediate commencement of divorce and financial proceedings
- The options of judicial separation, divorce or separation agreement
- The process options, including court proceedings and collaborative law
- Interim financial arrangements, including maintenance pending suit
- Applying or responding to financial injunctions to prevent disposal of assets
- Advice on financial disclosure issues
- The impact of on-shore and off-shore trusts
- The relevance of pre and post-marriage acquired assets and post-separation bonus income
- The difficulties of unlocking assets such as agricultural or commercial property or company shareholdings
- The importance of correctly valuing assets - such as pensions and company shareholdings - and the tax implications of the sale or disposal of assets
- The interplay between maintenance for spouses and children and the court and Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
- The importance of achieving a clean break
court order to provide financial security
Hill Dickinson LLP provides advice to individuals referred
by the firm’s corporate and commercial, sports and private client
teams.
