Employment Workplace Relations

Director, Philip Brewin is a specialist in Workplace Relations and heads our Workplace Relations Work Group.

Thursday, 18 May 2017

Be careful what you pay for – creating a pattern of dependence

People will often consult a family lawyer after a separation and be struggling as a result of now having to pay for two separate households, having become used to having to support one household for many years. Parties’ expenditure may have expanded during a relationship given the savings they were making in only running one household, meaning that post-separation the weekly budget becomes very strained. It is important then to carefully consider what you do and don’t pay for post-separation, as this will likely become the position you...