DTM Legal calls for enhanced cross-disciplinary collaboration and joined-up thinking between wealth planners and family lawyers following Supreme Court Judgment.
The UK Supreme Court’s recent decision in Standish v Standish ([2025] UKSC 26) may not have involved a nuptial agreement, but it offers a powerful lesson on the risks of pursuing tax-driven wealth transfers without aligning them with robust family law protections. In Standish, a retired financier transferred £78 million of funds, accrued pre-marriage, …