New divorce hub reveals high rate of petitions rejected due to flaws
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...
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State launches dating website in Iran
We will have to wait and see whether our government follows suit... I suspect not but it is an interesting idea!
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With a high rate of divorce among a large, youthful population, authorities in Iran have stepped in to play Cupid with the launch of a...…
Does your wife deserve a bonus
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...
Divorcees Alison Sharland and Varsha Gohil are embarking on a landmark Supreme Court case
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...
Public divorce - do the battles of the rich only serve voyeurism, not justice?
Interesting article about the ongoing, high profile divorce case of former beauty queen, Ekaterina Parfenova Fields, which is receiving...
Pensions loophole hits pre-millennium divorcees
A cautionary note to couples who divorced before the millennium and had an earmarking order made in their favour.
Under these orders,...
Divorced father uses "barter" to pay child maintenace
This is an Italian case, but makes interesting reading.
An innovative solution was agreed between parents when it came to child...
Unregistered surrogate-born children creating 'legal timebomb', judge warns
A judge who has commented on this has said that children born through surrogacy who lack a court’s parental order could become...
Men-only divorce law firm for fathers to open in London
Cordell & Cordell, a US based law firm, are opening an office in London this month for male clients only.
Their Chief Executive...
Have a "serious settlement discussion" - is what a High Court Judge has advised a litigating couple
Mr Justice Holman has urged a couple, in a legal battle (where their legal bills are totalling approximately £1m) to have a serious...
The husband and wife who give marriage a bad name
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...
Potential changes to US law for same-sex couples
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...
Same Sex couples able to marry at British Consulates abroad from 3 June
It is good to hear that same sex couples will now have more options for marrying abroad. Although looking at the list of possible...
Pension changes put farm assets at risk after divorce
Farmers with pensions invested in their own farming assets are being warned to take extra precautions against divorce after pension...
Putting assets in trust doesn't always keep them free from division on divorce
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...
Court of Appeal upholds ‘rare’ successful Barder appeal
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...
What's mine, may not be yours - separating non matrimonial property when splitting up
This article gives a good summary of Mr Justice Mostyn's latest case on how to divide your assets on divorce, but taking into...
Legal aid chaos
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...
Legal costs funding - article by Christopher McCourt of 1KBW
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...
Open letter condemns legal aid cuts and calls on the new government to restore justice
More than 100 judges, peers, prominent lawyers and doctors working in the civil and criminal justice system have called on the incoming...
UK Supreme Court launches on-demand video catch-up
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...
Inheritance causes settlement variation by Court of Appeal
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
Banker in £1.2m divorce battle - did he "hack" into his wife's emails?
This case makes for some interesting reading about the importance of financial disclosure. But I always advise my clients they should...
Facebook and Twitter threat to marriages: Social media now a factor in one in seven divorces
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...
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