19 Jul, 2024 Crossing borders, crossing lines: important considerations for separated parents ahead of overseas travel By Victoria Batstone Today I received my new passport from HM Passport Office and was pleased to find an accompanying leaflet including important information...
17 Jul, 2024 King's Speech: Lack of Cohabitation Bill Is Missed Opportunity To Provide Protection For Millions Of Couples By Fran Hipperson Today’s Kings Speech is a missed opportunity to provide clarity to millions of couples across the UK who are currently cohabiting and...
16 Jul, 2024 Will the media be allowed to report your divorce? By Penny Marshall The reporting pilot was initially launched in January 2023 as part of the judiciary’s work to increase transparency and improve public...
15 Jul, 2024 Smacking: High Court Judge corrects the Home Office By Penny Marshall In the High Court last week, Mr Justice Julian Knowles said he had to “respectfully disagree” with Home Office guidance which wrongly...
11 Jul, 2024 Ex & the (Manchester) City By Victoria Batstone Wealth, fame, and an elite lifestyle have become the norm for many sporting professionals, at least for the duration of their careers....
09 Jul, 2024 Shiloh Jolie-Pitt's legal leap to drop "Pitt" from her surname By Victoria Batstone Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s daughter, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, has made headlines for submitting a petition to a Los Angeles Court to...
13 Jun, 2024 Critical illness payouts now considered marital assets in divorce settlements By Victoria Batstone A rare decision has been published by the family court regarding the treatment of critical illness payouts received during the divorce...
04 Jun, 2024 Are Yorkshire pudding toppings a reason for divorce? Fortunately not anymore: no fault divorce – over 2 years on By Hannah Owen It has now been over two years since the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 came into force on 6 April 2022. This brought with...
03 Jun, 2024 Fertility Law Changes to Benefit the LGBTQ+ Community and People Living with HIV By Daniel Moreton Ministers in England and Wales have recently announced significant changes to fertility laws, which are being celebrated as a major...
30 May, 2024 Change is on the horizon for non-court dispute resolution By Victoria Batstone Despite Part 3 and 28 of the Family Procedure Rules only taking effect a month ago, the Family Court is already delivering on its promise...
28 May, 2024 Crackdown on divorce tourism By Victoria Batstone With an increasing number of multinational couples, deciding in which country you should formally end your marriage or civil partnership...
28 May, 2024 £20 million reduction to divorce award By Nicola Harries The Court of Appeal's very recent decision in the case of Standish has pushed back against the idea that wealth made by one party, but...
16 May, 2024 Do we underestimate the impact that divorce, incapacity or death can have on a legacy? By Clare Stirzaker In the tenth episode of The Lessons in Legacy Podcast, Partners Clare Stirzaker, Hayden Bailey, Katie O’Callaghan and Nicola Bushby...
15 May, 2024 What is surrogacy? By Brittany Thomas Surrogacy is the conception of a child by either an individual or a couple with the use of a 'surrogate'. Put simply, a ‘surrogate’ is...
02 May, 2024 Changes to Family Procedure Rules usher in new era for Family law and mediation By Suzi Denton This week, new rules have been put in place with the aim of encouraging families to resolve their disputes away from the Family courts....
24 Apr, 2024 Juggling the political "hot potato" - cohabiting couples on separation By Sean Hilton There are now 3.6 million people in the UK who are cohabiting without choosing to marry or enter into a civil partnership. Inevitably...