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Along with many other public services during these worrying times, courts are struggling to deal with cases before them. Weekly guidance ...
When a relationship breaks down there are many tough decisions that need to be made about you, your family, your home and your finances. ...
The new responsibility of home-schooling children during lockdown is a challenge for all parents, but there are additional considerations...
Family Care Payments (Gratuitous Allowance) If you are a lay deputy who has been appointed by the Court of Protection to manage the fina...
In England and Wales, a marriage is only legally dissolved by a Decree Absolute being obtained. This is a document produced by the court ...
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 ...
Following the recent announcement that Ant McPartlin (half of TV presenting duo Ant & Dec) and his wife of 11 years are to divorce, t...
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...
Internationally family courts are tackling the debate on whether pets are property or family. This is a difficult issue that pet owners h...
Supreme Court Justice Lord Wilson has recently expressed his views on spousal maintenance and his support for binding pre-nuptial agreeme...
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...
The amount of uncollected child maintenance in Britain now exceeds £3.8 billion, the BBC has claimed. The figure, highlighted on The Vic...
The recent Court of Appeal judgment in the case of Mr & Mrs Mills highlights the financial ties that ongoing spousal maintenance (inc...
There is often a temptation for divorcing parties to think about hiding assets from their spouse. A YouGov survey of 2,000 people publish...
by Anne-Lise Wall The legal partnership of Merrony Wall was formed in 1991, as a niche practice principally offering a specialised servic...
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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