Divorce Proceedings & Death of a Spouse - An Update for Family Lawyers

Introduction

This webinar is aimed at family lawyers and will consider the legal position in respect of death of a spouse during divorce and financial remedy proceedings.

Understanding how the law operates is essential to any family lawyer and the implications this will have should a spouse unexpectedly pass away.

Providing advice to the client from the onset is vital, and advice on what precautionary measures can be put in place to have their assets pass in accordance with their wishes.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The impact of death on divorce proceedings and financial remedies
• Is death a Barder event?
• Death before Decree Absolute
• Death after Decree Absolute but before approval of Order
• Death after Decree Absolute but before implementation of order
• Hasan v ul-Hassan (deceased) & Anor [2023]

This webinar was recorded on 12th March 2024