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Divorce: it’s not over until it’s ordered

In England and Wales, a marriage is only legally dissolved by a Decree Absolute being obtained. This is a document produced by the court ...
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Impact of Divorce and Separation on Mental Health

On World Mental Health Day 2019 Selena Ludick a Senior Associate Solicitor in our Family team explores the impact Divorce and separation ...
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Parental Alienation and Transfer of Primary Care

Kaya Suleyman, Assistant Executive in our Family department explores parental alienation and the transfer of primary care looking into th...
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An end to the blame game – announcement of new “no fault” divorce law

There was a welcome respite from Brexit headlines yesterday as the front pages were emblazoned with news that the Justice Secretary David...
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Divorce Law: A Change is Gonna Come

A snapshot of some of the recent developments in divorce and marital laws. “No Fault Divorce” to become law in the UK In the UK, divorce ...
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Why is MacKenzie Bezos potentially entitled to half of her husband’...

Last week, news broke that Amazon founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos and his wife, award-winning novelist, MacKenzie Bezos, would be divorcing a...
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Is there such a thing as a ‘quickie divorce’?

Following the recent announcement that Ant McPartlin (half of TV presenting duo Ant & Dec) and his wife of 11 years are to divorce, t...
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Short marriages and dividing assets – the impact of Sharp v S...

England and Wales has for better or for worse developed a reputation of being the “divorce capital of the world”. Not due to the number o...
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Pet custody on divorce

Internationally family courts are tackling the debate on whether pets are property or family. This is a difficult issue that pet owners h...
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Pre-nuptial agreements: what is “fair”?

Supreme Court Justice Lord Wilson has recently expressed his views on spousal maintenance and his support for binding pre-nuptial agreeme...
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Unhappiness not enough to get a divorce

The Court of Appeal on Friday 24 March 2017 handed down the judgment on the case of Tini Owens v Hugh Owens. Mr. and Mrs. Owen married in...
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Child maintenance and your options

The amount of uncollected child maintenance in Britain now exceeds £3.8 billion, the BBC has claimed. The figure, highlighted on The Vic...
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Mills and Mills: A second chance? The risks of long term spousal ma...

The recent Court of Appeal judgment in the case of Mr & Mrs Mills highlights the financial ties that ongoing spousal maintenance (inc...
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One third of couples would hide assets on divorce

There is often a temptation for divorcing parties to think about hiding assets from their spouse. A YouGov survey of 2,000 people publish...
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Do Grandparents have a “right” to contact on family bre...

Did you know it was National Grandparents’ Day last Sunday? The celebration was launched by Age UK back in 1990 but it seems that it pass...
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Brangelina’s brood: Children on divorce or separation

It is all over the news; Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have split. Speculation as to why Angelina chose to initiate divorce proceedings is...

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Article parent: family-law

Divorce: it’s not over until it’s ordered

Impact of Divorce and Separation on Mental Health

Parental Alienation and Transfer of Primary Care

An end to the blame game – announcement of new “no fault” divorce law

Divorce Law: A Change is Gonna Come

Why is MacKenzie Bezos potentially entitled to half of her husband’...

Is there such a thing as a ‘quickie divorce’?

Short marriages and dividing assets – the impact of Sharp v S...

Pet custody on divorce

Pre-nuptial agreements: what is “fair”?

Unhappiness not enough to get a divorce

Child maintenance and your options

Mills and Mills: A second chance? The risks of long term spousal ma...

One third of couples would hide assets on divorce

Do Grandparents have a “right” to contact on family bre...

Brangelina’s brood: Children on divorce or separation