Family matters are rarely straight-forward but our specialist family team will be dedicated to helping you reach an agreement through constructive negotiations. Our family law team have decades of experience in helping people in all sorts of circumstances make the best of their circumstances, from families on a low income to high earning professionals, and those with family farms and businesses.
Taking children abroad With the dark winter months now behind us, many are likely to be planning for their summer holiday and possibly taking children abroad, but for separated parents, this can be more complicated than it might appear. If both Mum and Dad have ‘Parental Responsibility’ for the children, they have equal rights and […]
It took a long and hard fought campaign for same sex couples to be afforded the same legal rights and responsibilities as heterosexual couples. Civil partnerships were an important step on the way towards marriage equality and these are now due to be opened up to opposite-sex couples. This began when Charles Keidan and Rebecca […]
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Clients are often surprised to hear that in England and Wales, it is not possible to obtain a Divorce on the basis of ‘irreconcilable differences’. Under the current law, it is necessary to either establish fault – the other spouse’s adultery, behaviour or desertion – or agree to separate and wait two years. In the […]
We don’t think twice about paying for car insurance, we hope we will never need to use it but in the event of a breakdown or a collision, we are grateful for the cover it provides and for the hassle it spares us. So why don’t we take a similar, insurance based approach to marriage? […]
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Solicitor Emma Stearman of Fraser Dawbarns explains why it may be time to consider changing the law to allow for no fault divorces in the UK. Update 26/07/2018: Since this article was published, Mrs Owens has had her request for divorce rejected by the Supreme Court but the judges have stated that this left them […]
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In this article Rebecca Woodley talks about the importance of getting a Clean Break Order in the case of separation and divorce. Every client I see in relation to divorce is provided with the same advice. A divorce does not end financial claims. This means, in order that neither party can make a further financial […]
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Traditionally the role of a McKenzie friend was to offer moral support to those representing themselves in court. Now, there is evidence to suggest that this role has widened over recent years writes Emma Stearman, a solicitor in the Family Department. When a family unit breaks down, it is important to make arrangements for children […]
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