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Ancillary Relief - All Change? |
A seminar in the continuing education series provided by members of the 2 Gray's Inn Square Chambers Family Group . |
Wednesday 21st June 2006 |
Transport House, 128 Theobalds Road, London |
Course accreditation (The Law Society and ILEX): 2 hours CPD |
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Topics to be covered | ||
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The new costs rules: What will the Judge require? And what is recoverable? | ||
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In place of Calderbank: How to make and respond to offers of settlement. How to put pressure on the other side. | ||
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Footballers' wives: Spousal maintenance: How much? And for how long? | ||
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Is fault a factor? The short marriage of the Millers (Miller v Miller and McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] UKHL 24) |
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| Date and times | |||
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21st June 2006 |
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6.15 p.m. Registration |
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6.30 p.m. Seminar commences |
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8.30 p.m. Drinks and Buffet | ||
| Venue | |||
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Transport House, 128 Theobalds Road, London WCI. | ||
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Transport House is centrally located in Holborn. The nearest underground station is Holborn on the Piccadilly and Central Lines. Upon leaving Holborn Station cross over High Holborn and walk up Southampton Row. Theobalds Road is on the right. | ||
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For a map and more information as to location, parking and traveling by bus train or underground from other stations click here (Transport House site) or click here (Google Maps site). | ||
| Chairperson/Speakers | |||
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Edward Cross LLB (Hons) Bristol - year of call 1975 |
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| Edward's practice has embraced a wide range of litigation and advocacy with long experience of the legal effects of family breakdown. In the family sphere he now concentrates on disputes over money and property on divorce plus litigation over jointly-owned homes. He also has considerable expertise in claims for professional negligence arising from family litigation. Edward is a member of the Family Law Bar Association and the Professional Negligence Association. He sits as a deputy District Judge in London and Essex. | |||
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Christine Sheldrake LLB(Hons) London - year of call 1977 |
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| Christine specialises in family law, including in particular all aspects of ancillary relief, children, residence and contact disputes. Her practice covers family breakdown and the legal issues concerning property on divorce including TLATA and the appointment of trustees. Christine also sits as a Deputy District Judge at the Principal Registry of the Family Division. | |||
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Christopher McConnell MA (Oxon) - year of call 1979 |
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| Christopher's practice covers most aspects of family law and related civil litigation. He also practises in employment law. Since 1998 he has been sitting as a Deputy District Judge in County Courts in the Greater London area. He is a member of the Family Law Bar Association and the Employment Lawyers association. | |||
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Judith Spooner LLB Hons (Bristol) - year of call 1987 |
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| Judith has been practising for some 19 years, the majority of that exclusively in family law. She has also trained as a mediator and feels that having an adversarial and a mediatory background gives her a significant advantage in trying to settle matters amicably, but being able to fight well should that approach not work! Judith has lectured on pensions in divorce to a mainly solicitor based clientele. | |||
| Course Accreditation | |||
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Course Accreditation (The Law Society and ILEX) - 2 hours CPD. |
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| Documentation | |||
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Each delegate will receive documentation prepared specifically for this seminar. The documentation serves as a guide during the seminar and as a valuable source of reference for subsequent use. |
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| Cost | |||
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1 delegate £60 + vat | ||
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2 delegates £110 + vat | ||
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3 delegates £150 + vat | ||
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4/5 delegates £200 + vat | ||
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subsequent delegates at £35 each + vat | ||
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| Contact us/ Queries | |||
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For any query please contact the Chambers Administrator either by telephone (020 7440 8488) or fax (020 7440 8452) or to
contact by e mail click here. |
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| Registration forms | |||
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Click here for a form as an *Adobe PDF alternatively |
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Click here for a form in Microsoft Word |
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| (*if you need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) click here) | |||