Judicial Separation will not dissolve your marriage. You will still be married and cannot marry someone else;

Judicial Separation will legally release you from your duty to live together;

Urgent arrangements should be made to review Wills and to review how jointly owned property is held (NB the important distinction between joint tenants or tenants in common);

It is important to note that pension sharing orders can only be made in the context of divorce or nullity proceedings and are therefore not available within judicial separation proceedings;

A clean break order cannot be achieved within judicial separation proceedings as it remains possible for further claims to be pursued within subsequent divorce proceedings;

A judicial separation does not prevent either of you obtaining a divorce at a later stage.

Judicial Separation can impact on your right to seek ‘widows/widowers benefits under pension schemes. An urgent review of pension provisions ought to be carried out to ensure there are no unintended consequences.