Sentences with phrase «economically weaker party»

If the choice between an extendable and non-extendable term is finely balanced, the decision should usually favour the economically weaker party.

London is often the preferred choice for the economically weaker party in a divorce because English courts recognise that there should be no discrimination between contributions made by a homemaker and a breadwinner.

In the divorce forum shopping stakes, London fully deserves its reputation as one of the best jurisdictions for the economically weaker party, who can end up with a much better deal than if they divorce elsewhere.

England and Wales has traditionally been a very generous jurisdiction to the economically weaker party because, among other things, it is prepared to make «joint lives» orders (in other words, orders which continue for the life of a recipient) even in relatively short marriages.

In the case of SS v NS [2014] EWHC 4183 (Fam), he stated that the court should consider a termination of spousal maintenance as soon as it was just and reasonable, and that a fixed term for such maintenance (for example, five years) should be considered unless the economically weaker party would be unable to adjust without undue hardship.

He referred to the economically weaker parties» «hard future needs».