Sheriff Principal R A Dunlop QC considered the need to show ‘disadvantage’ under the Act and concluded that, provided that disadvantage has been suffered in the interests of the defender to some extent, the door is open to an award of a capital sum even though it may also have been suffered in the interests of the applicant.
Judges:
Sheriff Principal R A Dunlop QC
Citations:
2011 Fam LR 53
Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Cited by:
Cited – Gow v Grant SC 24-May-2012
The parties had lived together as an unmarried couple, but separated. Mrs Gow applied under the 2006 Act for provision. Mr Grant’s appeal succeeded at the Inner House, and Mrs Gow now herself appealed.
Held: The appeal succeeded. The Act did . .
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Scotland, Family
Updated: 19 July 2022; Ref: scu.463495