Divorce Ruling Could Open the Floodgates on Settlements
A landmark ruling on two divorce settlements could open the floodgates to thousands of claims of financial misrepresentation.Alison Sharland and Varsha Gohil won their case against their ex-husbands who they ...
20 October 2015
Mediation is Key for Family Dispute Resolution Week
New polling has found that around eight out of ten children and young people with experience of parental separation or divorce would prefer their parents to split up if they ...
23 November 2015
Concerns Over the Number of People Representing Themselves in Court
The latest figures released by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has raised fresh concerns over the number of family cases being brought to court without legal representation.Stats show that 36% ...
19 October 2017
Marriage Rates Falling – Except for Older Couples
Marriages are at their lowest level since the early 1970s, according to figures release by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).In 2015, the number of opposite sex couples getting hitched ...
6 March 2018
Grandparents running up debt to support grandchildren
A survey of kinship carers has found that nearly 200,000 children in the UK are being raised by a family member other than their parents.The findings of the survey carried ...
13 February 2018
Law Society Calls for Legal Aid to be Reintroduced
The Law Society is launching a campaign for legal aid to be reintroduced for early advice following growing concerns over the lack of early intervention in family and housing law ...
30 January 2018
Unmarried Woman Wins Legal Battle for Cohabiting Couples
The law needs to stop discriminating against cohabiting couples and recognise that society has moved on. This is the view of Jakki Smith who has recently won a landmark battle ...
23 January 2018
Dedicated Divorce Courts to be Trialled
Plans to introduce specialist courts which focus solely on divorcing couples’ finances have been welcomed by family lawyers.Sir James Munby, the most senior family court judge in England and Wales, ...
16 January 2018
Children suffer in Court Hearings When Parents Have No Lawyers
A survey of the Magistrates Association has revealed that 68% of people represented themselves at the most recent family court hearings.This is up from 41% in 2014, resulting in a ...
9 January 2018
Pensions Often Overlooked in Divorce
Over the last decade the overall divorce rate has fallen, but a surprising statistic is the rise in the number of people over 60 who are splitting up.Between 2000 and ...
2 January 2018
Cohabitation Awareness Week – Know Your Rights
Resolution, the national organisation of family lawyers committed to non-confrontational divorce, separation and other family problems, is holding its annual awareness week between 27th November and 1st December.This year, the ...
27 November 2017
Transgender Parent Takes Right to See Children to Court of Appeal
A parent who left a tight-knit ultra-Orthodox Jewish community to start a new life as a woman has taken her fight for access to her five children to the Court ...
17 November 2017
Divorced Parents Can Both Have Child Contact Over Christmas
Christmas can bring out the very best in people; but it can also bring out the very worst too. This is particularly relevant for couples who have separated or divorced. ...
15 December 2015
Getting Married or Moving in Together?
While many couples still choose to get married, for those who don't take the plunge there’s the option of living together. Cohabiting is more popular than ever but, just like ...
5 October 2017
Divorce Ruling Paves the Way for Pre Nups
It’s envisaged that prenuptial agreements will become more commonly used following the outcome of a court case which dismissed a woman’s bid for an equal share of her and her ex-partners ...
18 September 2017