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Sentences for young people should take account of their maturity
Sandra Paul
21 May 2019
Preserving family wealth with a prenuptial agreement: how best to protect farming assets on a divorce
Recent years have seen pre-nuptial agreements move from the world of the super-rich to being a tool many now consider in advance of marriage. Abby Buckland, senior associate in the family and divorce team, sets out how they are viewed by the courts and how to correctly set up such an agreement.
8 May 2019
Coming soon: the Domestic Abuse Bill
On 21 January 2019, the draft Domestic Abuse Bill (“the Bill”) was published by the Government. The stated aim of the Bill is to protect and support victims and their families, pursue and deter offenders and improve the performance of local agencies and services in instances of domestic abuse. It is of relevance to both criminal and family law practitioners.
12 April 2019
Courts must not rip up precedent on pre-nups
In this blog by Jane Keir, which was first published in The Times, she writes about a recent decision not to implement an agreement, which has unsettled lawyers’ faith in the system.
5 April 2019
‘It takes a lot to persuade a judge to send someone to jail’ – an expert opinion on the Al Zawawi divorce
Talal Al Zawawi’s jail sentence is a rare example of the Family Division resorting to its punitive function and a private settlement of these very public differences is what is called for.
21 March 2019
Pensions, divorce and the impact of Brexit
As if there wasn’t enough to think about in advance of ‘Brexit day’, spouses with English pensions who are divorcing or have recently divorced abroad must take a moment to consider the potential impact of the UK’s exit from the EU on their ability to share such pensions.
