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For most couples, their house is the most valuable asset. If they divorce however, that property will not automatically be sold. Sometimes it is needed as the children’s continuing home. Sometimes one party wants to buy the other out or …
At Stephens Scown we see it as being very important to choose the Legal teams to represent our clients very carefully. We regularly instruct Barristers to work alongside us in representing our clients’ best interests. It is crucial to match …
Following on from our article regarding Ofsted inspections of child protection agencies, Ofsted is also making changes to simplify the inspections of adoption agencies as part of the drive to improve the care, which children receive. Adoption support agencies provide …
In an unusual case Re M (Children) [2011] EWCA Civ 1035 the issue was one relating to the power of the Local Authority to intervene in a family’s life for the sole purpose of informing the children of their fathers …
It is often suggested in divorce petitions and/or financial proceedings on divorce that the breakdown of the marriage and the stress of the divorce itself is having a negative impact on the health of one or both of the couple. …
Stonewall - a charity committed to achieving equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual people - has recently published a draft parliamentary bill intended to extend the legal form of marriage to same-sex couples in England and Wales. The bill itself - titled the …
This Government is considering a number of ways to try and support family life with both parents playing a significant role in the lives of their children. In a separate article on this website there is reference to a Government …
The Telegraph recently reported that pension sharing orders in divorce settlements rose by 11% last year. This trend looks likely to persist given that it has also been recently announced that the divorce rate has just risen for the first …
Parents who have Parental Responsibility for a child have what is described in the Children Act as “all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which, by Law, the parent of a child has in relation to the child and …
A recent Court of Appeal case was the first of its kind to apply the new principles adopted by the English Courts to pre-nuptial agreements. The appeal in V v V was heard in October 2011 and followed the landmark …
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