In the wake of setting up the new divorce hubs the courts have warned that 40% of divorce petitions are rejected due to flaws, some of...

We will have to wait and see whether our government follows suit... I suspect not but it is an interesting idea!

Food for thought coming over from New York...

Not sure that I agree with the idea of an agreement where during a marriage the wife...

This will be an important case to watch, it is all about non-disclosure of assets.

Mother-of-three Varsha Gohil accepted £270,000 but...

Interesting article about the ongoing, high profile divorce case of former beauty queen, Ekaterina Parfenova Fields, which is receiving...

A cautionary note to couples who divorced before the millennium and had an earmarking order made in their favour.

Under these orders,...

This is an Italian case, but makes interesting reading.

An innovative solution was agreed between parents when it came to child...

A judge who has commented on this has said that children born through surrogacy who lack a court’s parental order could become...

Cordell & Cordell, a US based law firm, are opening an office in London this month for male clients only.

Their Chief Executive...

Mr Justice Holman has urged a couple, in a legal battle (where their legal bills are totalling approximately £1m) to have a serious...

This case begs belief as you have a husband who having not yet divorced his fifth wife is it seems planning to marry wife number six...

It will be interesting to see how the law on same-sex marriage in the US develops over the next few months.

Same-sex marriage is now...

It is good to hear that same sex couples will now have more options for marrying abroad. Although looking at the list of possible...

Farmers with pensions invested in their own farming assets are being warned to take extra precautions against divorce after pension...

The Court of Appeal have supported Mostyn J's order in this case, which found that a farmhouse owned by the husband's family trust was...

This is a very interesting judgement. The Court of Appeal in the case of Critchell v Critchell has upheld a wife's appeal on the basis...

This article gives a good summary of Mr Justice Mostyn's latest case on how to divide your assets on divorce, but taking into...

Yet more hassle for those few lawyers left who are able to help clients who are entitled to legal aid. At this rate there really will...

Too often one of the reasons a wife will avoid seeking help from a professional, i.e. a solicitor, when her marriage breaks down, will...

More than 100 judges, peers, prominent lawyers and doctors working in the civil and criminal justice system have called on the incoming...

Proceedings in the UK's Supreme Court can now be viewed at any time with the launch of an on-demand video archive.

Footage of...

The Court of Appeal has just allowed a wife to change an order after it was made due to an unexpected inheritance by the husband a month

This case makes for some interesting reading about the importance of financial disclosure. But I always advise my clients they should...

We have posted blogs on this topic before. It is worth another mention because of the rise in the number of divorces started as a...