When a relationship ends, most separating couples face the same question: can we reach an agreement ourselves, with some help, or do we need a judge to decide?
Family Law Blogs
More couples now treat a "prenup" as a sensible piece of financial planning. If you are thinking about one, it helps to understand what these agreements can do, what they cannot do, and how the courts treat them.
For a separated parent, a move overseas can seem the sensible next chapter. For the other parent, the same move can look like the end of a relationship with their child.
There is one phrase that I'd like to abolish: 'common law marriage'. It sounds reassuring, it feels logical, but in England and Wales it is a myth that continues to leave couples dangerously exposed.
Domestic abuse is not always physical. Some of the most damaging forms of abuse leave no bruises and never culminate in a single dramatic incident. They build slowly, over months or years, as one person tightens control over another's daily life.
If you are an unmarried parent and your relationship with the other parent has broken down, it is natural to be concerned about the future, and how you can provide for your child.
Child Focused Courts are being rolled out across England and Wales and are a “game-changer”. At least, that’s how the top family judge Sir Andrew McFarlane has reassuringly described it.
Pre Nuptial Agreements are increasingly favoured by couples planning to marry or enter civil partnerships, but want to decide themselves how their finances and assets should be dealt with on separation.
The presumption of parental involvement in a child’s life is to be withdrawn, the government has announced. This significant shift in approach is intended to increase protection for children where domestic abuse is a factor in issued Court proceedings.
Pre-nuptial agreements are increasingly important for many couples, and it’s not just the very wealthy who enter into them.
Love in later life and the inheritance tax trap.
In financial proceedings on divorce, it’s not uncommon for the parties to disagree as to whether a specific asset should be included in the matrimonial ‘pot’. The landmark Supreme Court ruling in Standish has provided much-needed clarity on...