Family Law
In a BBC report, the lead officer for football policing in England and Wales stated that there was a "significant rise" in domestic abuse reports during the World Cup. More than 60 incidents were reported after England's semi-final loss,...
The West Midlands region is currently piloting an electronic based filing scheme for financial remedy proceedings. Although in its early stages, the scheme requires Court forms and evidential documents to be filed at court electronically. The scheme aims...
A High Court Judge stated that “there isn't one law for the famous and one for the rest of the community” after TV star Ant McPartlin failed to attend a preliminary hearing in relation to his divorce from Lisa Armstrong. Mr...
If you are not married and you split up whether your partner will be able to claim against the house usually depends whose name it is in. If the property is owned jointly the starting point is that it is shared equally. This is the case regardless of who...
In most cases you have to consider mediation as an option before applying to court. This means you have to have a meeting with a mediator before making an application. This meeting is called a Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM) and it is...
Ant McPartlin, best known as one half of the TV presenting duo Ant and Dec, has almost completed his divorce from his wife of 11 years Lisa Armstrong. On Tuesday in the Central London Family Court judge Alun Jenkins granted the decree nisi , which leaves...
A consultation has been launched by the Ministry of Justice to gather views on reforming the current legal requirements for a divorce . The current law in England and Wales has been in place since the early 70’s and arguably does not reflect modern...
Although they announced their separation in 2016, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are reportedly yet to reach an agreement in respect of the care arrangements for their 6 children. Reports suggest that Brad Pitt is currently seeking an arrangement whereby the...
This week has seen the Prime Minister’s groundbreaking announcement that legislation will be put in place to allow heterosexual couples to enter into Civil Partnerships. The announcement follows a landmark decision of the Supreme Court in June that...
A recent study conducted has suggested that a large number of divorced women may be losing out on substantial sums of money upon their retirement. The study suggests that this is due to their husband’s pensions being left out of the financial agreement...
Following the sad case of Mrs Owens who was forced to remain in a loveless marriage after being denied a divorce over the summer, there has been increasing pressure on the government to change the law on divorce. The association of family lawyers,...
Currently married couples must either use adultery or unreasonable behaviour if they wish to divorce in the first two years of separation. Otherwise they must wait two years and have the consent of their spouse or wait five years if their spouse does not...
You can reach agreement direct with your spouse regarding the fina ncial aspects of the divorce if you so wish. You should bear in mind however that no agreement is legally binding...
Not necessarily but the property will need to be considered as part of the overall settlement upon divorce. This is the case even if the property is registered in your sole name because your spouse may still have an entitlement to a share of the property...
Would you allow your ex and their new partner to move into your home? Probably not but that is exactly what one woman did for a television program, The New Wife, shown on Channel 5 last night. Ashleigh and her ex-partner Matt have a four-year-old daughter,...
A report published at the beginning of August has revealed that 78% of the UK population now own a smartphone in comparison with just 17% in 2008. On average we are checking our phones every 12 minutes and using them within five minutes of waking up. Whilst...
The Family Court have departed from the sharing principle in a recent case involving an extremely wealthy husband and wife. The wife came from a wealthy family and the husband was the Chief Executive of a successful company. During the course of the...
The Supreme Court ruled last week in the unhappy case of Mr and Mrs Owen. They were married in 1978 and have two adult children however Mrs Owens states she had been unhappy in the marriage since 2012. She finally decided to leave in 2015 and began divorce...
Generally such an agreement would confirm who owns what presently, what the financial arrangements should be while you live together e.g. how much you should each contribute to the joint account on an on-going basis and what should happen to the...
With the school holidays fast approaching you are probably thinking about your next family getaway. If you share parental responsibility with any other person, you may be wondering whether you need any permissions...
