What are home rights?
Home rights essentially give protection to a husband or wife where the family home is…
January 3, 2023 By Emma Booker
Divorce – the discretion of fairness
Judges have a wide discretion when dividing assets upon divorce. Whilst that provides a huge…
December 30, 2022 By Sarah Atkinson
Separating matrimonial and non-matrimonial assets
When a relationship ends, the natural hope is that you will be able to separate…
December 22, 2022 By Thea Bennun
Children Act – parental responsibility
The concept of parental responsibility came into law in 1989 with the enactment of the…
December 19, 2022 By Peter Marshall
Private family law – grandparents & wider family rights
Within this article, I will for shorthand purposes make references hereafter to grandparents but the…
December 19, 2022 By Peter Marshall
Litigants in Person (LiP) – spouse refusing to take legal advice
For various reasons, not everyone chooses to take legal advice, and, in family matters, it…
December 1, 2022 By Harriet Wigmore
Withdrawing from financial agreements – How to handle the situation?
There is little more frustrating than when two parties have reached a financial agreement, and…
November 18, 2022 By Harriet Wigmore
Financial settlements reached before a divorce
Reaching financial settlements can be a tricky process when going through a divorce. What should…
November 16, 2022 By Thea Bennun
School fees and university costs – who foots the bill?
Private school fees can be a massive concern when there is a breakdown in the…
November 14, 2022 By Sarah Atkinson
The plight of cohabitees
The latest House of Commons report released in July 2022 again highlights the enormous disparity…
November 10, 2022 By Stephens Scown
Inheritance Arrangements Involving Farms on Divorce
There has been a recent case decided by the Supreme Court on proprietary estoppel relating…
November 8, 2022 By Stephens Scown
Can child maintenance be capitalised?
Under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 the court is able to make an order that…
November 3, 2022 By Kai Whicker