Family Law
Family Mediation Week 27–31 Jan: Tips for Effective Mediation
Family Mediation Week runs at the end of January (27 to 31 January 2025). The annual event seeks to raise awareness of family mediation and the advantages it can bring to separating families. The…
How to Sort Out Your Money on Divorce or Dissolution
The breakdown of a marriage or civil partnership is difficult and there are lots of issues for separating couples to consider. Arrangements need to be made for any children a couple may have…
How Mediation can Help in Family Disputes
The breakdown of any relationship is difficult even when both parties agree that it is better for them to go their separate ways. There are conversations that need to be had, arrangements that need…
How Do You Get a No-Fault Divorce?
No fault divorce was introduced in April 2022 under the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (Divorce Act 2020) and marked a major turning point for family law in England and Wales.…
What Legal Documents Do Unmarried Couples Need?
Living together continues to grow in popularity, with an increasing number of couples opting to cohabit without getting married or becoming civil partners. Such is the extent of the trend that at…
Things to Consider When Separating
Deciding to end a relationship is a significant step that rarely will be taken lightly. In addition to deciding on the most pressing issues such as who will live where, who will pay what, who will…
Property Settlement Agreement After Divorce
Whilst in some cases, the process of transferring all or part of the ownership of a property can be straightforward, some transactions can involve complexities. Therefore, it is sensible to instruct…
What is a Prenuptial Agreement and Why is it Important?
It may not be the most romantic of notions, but a prenuptial agreement can be much more valuable to couples than even the most expensive of gifts. A prenuptial agreement (also known as a ‘prenup’) is…
Rights of Fathers in the UK
Father’s Day is celebrated in June in the UK. With this, we consider whether, as presumed by many, mothers are favoured over fathers in the eyes of the law. In short, the answer is no. The law,…
A Year Since No Fault Divorce
On the 6th of April 2022, no-fault divorce came into law in the UK under the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act. The new law removed the need for couples to assign blame for the breakdown of…