Government Response to the Domestic Abuse Consultation
Two years after the government first published its commitment to making positive changes to victims of domestic abuse, the response has been published as a draft Domestic Abuse Bill.
Law that deals with family matters and domestic relations.
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Attempting Reform to Financial Claims on Divorce
One of the biggest difficulties divorcing couples face is the uncertainty of outcome on their financial claims.
What is Emotional Abuse?
Since March 2013, the government has been trying to ensure that there is cross-government agreement on what constitutes domestic violence and abuse.
When Is a Marriage Not a Marriage?
In England and Wales marriages can be either legally valid or void or voidable. For many years validity was the preserve of the church or other religious bodies but it became subject to statute in 1753.
Parental Alienation
Parental alienation is a label that is being applied more frequently than ever before in cases that involve high conflict disputes about children. On separation, arrangements will need to be made dealing with who the children will spend time with and when.
Narcissistic Abuse
I feel it’s time to write about “narcissistic abuse”. It is a very frightening situation for a lot of people that I meet in my line of work, yet very often it is not acknowledged by others.
Mills v Mills – Spousal Maintenance Isn’t a Bail Out
Very few Family law financial cases get to the Supreme Court and Family lawyers were hoping for significant guidance in the difficult area of applications to vary spousal maintenance orders.
Civil partnerships for all (or for no one)?
At the end of June 2018 the Supreme Court handed down a judgment saying that heterosexual couples should have the same right as same sex couples to enter into civil partnerships.
Does the Death of a Company Director/Founder Mean "the Death" of the Company?
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It is quite a common case that a company is organized as a single-member company, i.e. that the founder and director is the same person and that one person runs the business of the entire company.
The Impact of Brexit on Family Law
In a world which has seen an increase in family unions between different European nationals, family law has developed to provide a harmonised system across the EU.