Financial remedies – procedural fairness

March 2024 | Family
If a court grants permission under s13 MFPA 1984, having heard only the applicant and without notice, the other party has an absolute unfettered right to apply to have the order set aside. The applicant still has the burden of showing ‘substantial ground’ for making the application. The parties married in Russia in 1983 where …
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