What Makes a Good Divorce or Civil Partnership Dissolution?
Good Divorce Week commences on Monday 29 November 2021. But here’s the question; what is a “good” divorce? One where one “si...
Good Divorce Week commences on Monday 29 November 2021. But here’s the question; what is a “good” divorce? One where one “si...
The removal of parental responsibility is the subject of many client enquiries. There are a large number of cases whereby one parent is looking to remove the...
The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act received royal assent on 25 June 2020. The government has recently committed to implementing the said Act fr...
We have recently reported that the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act is hopefully coming into force, heralding the availability of no-fault divorces, i...
Following a year of lockdowns, the UK is beginning to open up again due to a vaccination programme set to vaccinate 22 million people in the UK by spring 202...
The pandemic has raised significant issues for separated parents who have had to struggle with making decisions for their children, often in the face of obje...
For many years England and Wales have been considered the "divorce capitals of the world" for wives. There are several reasons behind this, which i...
Parental Responsibility (PR), like your appendix, is something many people don’t think about or even realise they have until it causes problems. PR is...
Christmas is a special time of year for families, especially children. This year will be unlike any other we have experienced before due to the unfortunate C...
2020 has been a difficult year. With the additional strains and stresses that Christmas will bring, we divorce lawyers anticipate that the New Year will be a...
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Will I Have to Share My Pension?
This partly depends on when your pension was accrued. If it was accrued during the marriage or durin...
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen the world go through very radical changes (some probably for the better, in the long run), very fast. It will probably be some...
It could be argued that the current, confusing compilation of domestic abuse laws, policies and procedures has failed the victims and survivors of domestic a...
With many families getting ready for their Easter breaks, our family law team has seen a sharp increase in calls from worried parents.
In the curre...
Campaigners for mixed sex couples seeking to enter into civil partnerships as opposed to marriage rejoiced when as of 31 December 2019 they could finally con...
If you have an interest in a farm and you are getting married, then you should consider a Read More
During your divorce did you secure a pension attachment / earmarking order (as opposed to pension sharing orders) as part of the financial settlement? W...
In 2013 the government implemented plans to remove all legal aid available in respect of family matters; apart from people who have been victims of dome...
The Law Commission has recently published its surrogacy consultation paper: ‘Building families through surrogacy: a new law’. Sir Nicholas Green,...
Soon to be President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has recently voiced his support for the Early Intervention Project (EI) promoted by Dr Ham...
Siobhan McLaughlin, 46, won a Supreme Court battle to access widowed parent’s allowance for her bereaved four children.
Sadly her partner of...
The question of which parent is more likely to get a Live With Child Arrangements Order (custody in old money) is an ever evolving one. Historically there wa...
The ONS has published marriage figures for the year 2015. This was the first full year that same sex couples were able to enter into a marriage. In 2015 ther...
Your Will tells everyone what is to happen to your money, possessions and property after you die. If you don’t leave a Will (which is called intestacy), the...
To mark cohabitation week in late 2017, Resolution commissioned a poll by ComRes. The poll was recently published and worryingly found:
“37% of Briti...
Family Mediation Week takes place from 22 – 26 January this year. It provides a helpful opportunity for both individuals and family practitioners to re...
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I doubt I am the only one suffering from “election fatigue” and longing for 9th June. However, I was amused by the exchange during Wednesday&rsqu...
Statistics released on 5 December 2016 by the Office of National Statistics revealed that, overall, the amount of divorces have been decreasing (demonstrated...
Following Lisa Grimmett's blog about Shropshire Collaborative Lawyers, She was invited to talk to Eric...
During consultation with the judiciary and legal profession prior to the Government’s drastic cuts to family Legal Aid in 2013, many voiced concerns th...
