CPD
3. Pre Nuptial Agreements (re-scheduled from 16.12.09)
Speaker - Elissa da Costa
- Course Ref:
- PNA/3/16.12.09
- Date:
- Wednesday 24th February 2010
- Time:
- 2.00pm - 5.15pm Registration 1.30pm with tea and coffee
- Venue:
- LECTURE THEATRE, Ground Floor. Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking View on Google Maps
- CPD:
- 3 hours
- Cost:
- £111.63 inc 17.5%VAT (SLS Members) £223.25 inc 17.5%VAT (Non-Members)
Course outline
Please Note: This course has been re-scheduled from 12th December 2009
In a society in which most things are disposable including, it would appear, marriage it is sensible to safeguard assets from the gold digging spouse! Join Elissa Da Costa for an overview of historical background to the rise of the pre-nuptial agreement in matrimonial financial case law together with an in depth analysis of Radmacher –v- Granatino and its impact on matrimonial practice as well as some useful pointers on the timing of the PNA, the advice to Clients, and requirements for disclosure. Pick up some drafting tips by examining and analysing a specimen pre nuptial agreement.
1. Historical Background to the Pre Nuptial Agreement (PNA)
2. The Pros and Cons of the PNA
3. How do PNAs fit in with Section 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973?
4. Overview of recent case law
5. Analysis of Radmacher and Granatino and its likely impact
6. Practice Guidelines
7. Drafting Points and Example PNA
Standard: Intermediate/Advanced
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About the speaker(s)
Since her call to the Bar in 1990, Elissa da Costa has become an established practitioner in her chosen field. Using a creative and innovative approach to finding solutions to client’s financial matters on divorce, she is also an experienced and principled negotiator as well as an assertive and effective advocate, being National Institute of Trial Advocacy trained. Elissa prides herself on having an ‘inclusive practice’ demonstrating approachability and sensitivity in dealing with alternative family structures. Indeed, in addition to her practice in Matrimonial Finance, Elissa is also an expert in cohabitation claims of both heterosexual and homosexual partners, including drafting cohabitation agreements at the beginning of the cohabitation and dealing with matters by agreement at its end.
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