Predatory Marriage: Protecting Vulnerable Clients, and Hopes for Reform

Constance McDonnell QC will be speaking at ThoughtLeaders4 HNW Divorce | TL4HNWD 'Predatory Marriage: Protecting Vulnerable Clients, and Hopes for Reform' virtual event on Friday, 1st October 2021 at 12:00PM.

The session will address:

  • The current legal position and its impact on vulnerable clients;
  • The steps advisors should take when a vulnerable client is identified as being at risk of a predatory marriage;
  • The options available to the families of vulnerable individuals, both before and after a predatory marriage occurs;    
  • How the Family Division’s inherent jurisdiction to protect vulnerable persons can be of assistance;
  • The nature of the reforms proposed by Fabien Hamilton MP in light of his constituent Joan Blass’s case; and
  • The need for both reform of the law and for better processes and procedures when registering marriages.

Constance will be on a panel with Robert Linden Laird Craig (Knowledge Development Lawyer, Private Client,  Forsters) and Michael Armstrong (Senior Associate, Private Client, Forsters). The session will begin at 12:05 PM.

For more information and to register for this event, please click here.

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Constance McDonnell KC

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