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Divorce with a complex financial investigation and breach of confidentiality
This exceptional case concerned a divorce that involved a complex investigation into the party’s financial assets and wealth, spouse and …
Property dispute between a cohabiting couple on separation
This case concerned a dispute between a cohabiting couple on separation in relation to their home which their shared together …
Fisher Meredith’s Immigration solicitors help secure asylum for Syrian Human Rights lawyer
Our client fled to the UK after being subjected to political persecution in Syria as a result of her legal …
The effect of profound disability on financial provision
This case concerned a claim brought by our client for an order for the sale and division of equity in …
Financial Relief: wealthy husband with business interests and foreign properties
This was a 20 year marriage with 3 dependent children. The husband ran several restaurant businesses and owned foreign property. …
Financial relief with foreign and inherited property and issues as to validity of divorce
The family home valued at under £300,000, both parties owned foreign property, including an interest in a farm. Expert evidence …
Finances after a 40 year marriage with inherited property issues
The husband and wife married in 1967. We acted for the wife. The total assets were the former matrimonial home …
Post nuptial agreement in second marriage case
Both parties wanted to protect existing assets for the benefit of adult children from previous marriages by entering into a …
Son acquitted of assault after admitting punching his father
This case study is based on a real case. The outcome was the same but some of the facts have …
Driving ban removed following appeal based on exceptional hardship
This case study is based on a real case. The outcome was the same but some of the facts have …
Charges against 15 year old boy are dropped before trial
This case study is based on a real case. The outcome was the same but some of the facts have …
Short civil partnership and financial claim
Two-year civil partnership resulted in a breakdown. Consideration had to be given to other party’s new civil partner who now …
Mediation: role of solicitors in the process
The client came to us after her husband made inadequate proposals to her in mediation. A few hours of advice …
Husband’s successful application for a share of wife’s National Lottery win
We represented the husband in this financial application. Both parties were married abroad and the marriage lasted for about 20 …
When a spouse is mentally incapacitated at the outset of divorce proceedings
Here the husband had a rare and complex brain dysfunction which raised doubts despite his high intelligence and overall good …
Daughter makes a court application for financial support for further education against her father
The daughter was making an application for financial contribution from her father for a post-graduate course. At the same time …
Mother’s successful application to permanently remove her child from the UK
We acted for a mother who was a foreign national who married in the UK. The marriage was acrimonious from …
Mediation – will it work if parties fail to disclose their assets?
Husband ran a prestigious business, which the wife had been involved in. There were several jointly owned properties in England …
Husband with a very large income and substantial assets to be shared, matter resolved through the collaborative process.
Husband is a successful surgeon for the NHS and also in private practice, he has a very large income and …
Wealthy husband does not disclose the full extent of his assets
The Husband had a successful business and owned a number of properties both here and abroad. During the initial stages …
Police admit liability for unlawful strip search and pay damages
Our client, AG, was subjected to a strip search in circumstances which the police later accepted where entirely unlawful. When …
Mother’s application for leave to remove children to Spain
The parents met in 2002 and had two children aged six. The mother was Spanish and the father was British. …
Tenant in poor housing receives £5,500 compensation
Mr A is a long-standing tenant of a local authority. Following significant water penetration into his flat he contacted Fisher …
Contact between primary carer and his elderly grandmother
Our client was his grandmother’s primary carer. Following her admission to hospital, his contact with her was restricted and then …
Evicted tenant wins £12,500 compensation
Mr T was a tenant of private residential accommodation. He was evicted by his landlord after being made redundant. Background …
Drug addict and alcoholic mother loses care of son to father
Baby S’s parents, Miss T and our client, Mr X, were deemed unfit to look after him when he was …
Claim by home buyer against negligent solicitor
In 2006 Mr and Mrs Smith purchased a new home, but soon after moving in they discovered problems that should …
Customer defeats substantial claim against it by supplier for breach of contract
Glamour Ltd, a manufacturer and supplier of cosmetic products, was being sued by Stands Plc, for breach of contract. It …
London architect recovers unpaid invoices to improve cash flow
Mr Brown, an architect, was owed more than £20,000 by clients that were slow or reluctant to pay for services …
Accountancy firm improves profits by recovering unpaid invoices
Jones & Co, a firm of accountants, were owed in excess of £50,000 in outstanding invoices by various clients. During …
Removal of an uncooperative company director
Mr Jones is a director of a small company. The only other director was Mr Smith. They held 51% and …
Refinancing of a loan with security taken over 4 commercial properties
We advised our client in relation to the redemption of 2 existing loans and advising on a new loan with …
Successor ‘under occupying’ council property allowed to remain
Local authority agree not to pursue possession proceedings against tenant who had succeeded to his late mother’s tenancy. Background Our …
Pensioner defrauded of £35,000
Our client struggled with paying her existing monthly mortgage premium and sought the assistance of Mr A, a relative of …
Police pay compensation for “unnecessary” arrest and agree to destroy DNA and fingerprints
“Olga” found that she was under suspicion following a baseless allegation of assault made by her partner during a domestic …
Paraplegic prisoner transferred to prison with proper disabled facilities
Mr A was transferred following the prison’s failure to provide him with proper facilities under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. …
Disabled prisoner awarded £10,000 for discrimination
Background Mr C was confined to a wheelchair after having lost his leg some years previously. He was serving a …
£12,000 compensation for victim of unfair police stop
Police arrested Mr K, kept him overnight in a police station and charged him with driving without insurance, even though …
Police agree to remove damaging disclosure from Enhanced Criminal Records Certificate
‘Andrew’ could not pursue his career in social work, because the police kept revealing that he had been charged with …
Man unlawfully detained and removed by the Home Office receives substantial compensation
John fled Uganda, fearing persecution as a gay man, and sought asylum in the UK. He was refused and unlawfully …
Wife’s application for financial relief (with international element)
The wife and her two children lived in England and the husband worked abroad. There appeared to be jurisdiction to …
Wife uncovers Husband’s hidden assets and recovers her costs
Husband (H) and Wife (W) divorced after 20 years of marriage. W was awarded roughly half of the combined assets, …
Appeal against Statement of SEN settles with place being offered at a specialist independent school
Mr B’s son has a diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder and Dyslexia. The education authority failed to …
Child wins secondary school admission appeal
D, a primary school child, was not offered a place at his preferred school in his application for secondary school …
Social services intervention due to the parents’ difficulties with drugs
Miss T and our client, Mr X, were deemed unfit to look after their baby due to their drug addiction …
Father resumes contact again with daughter after relationship breakdown
Background Mother (M) and Father (F) separated in 2005 after a 6 year relationship and have an 11 year old …
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