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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
14 April 2020
The juggling act of a single mother, home school teacher and head of a family team during the coronavirus crisis
As we approach the third week of lockdown, Charlotte Bradley shares her reflections on how the COVID-19 crisis has affected working parents like herself and how she's managing being a single mother, a home school teacher, family lawyer and leader of Kingsley Napley's family team.
3 April 2020
Resolving family disputes through mediation, arbitration and private FDRs during the coronavirus crisis
The coronavirus crisis has brought about some of the biggest challenges to our lives, health and freedoms that many of us will ever experience. The pressures we face are significant while we also do our best to manage the impact on our relationships, mental health and financial circumstances. It is important that we all try to communicate and do what we can to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe and happy while acknowledging that the ways in which we can do this are very different to what we are used to. In this blog, we consider alternate dispute resolution methods (including online) that are available to help couples navigate a separation either with the support of a solicitor or on their own during this time.
24 March 2020
COVID-19: overcoming the challenges of co-parenting for separated and divorced parents
Following the government announcing restrictions last night for staying at home and away from others, further details have been published about the “lockdown” restrictions, which confirm that “moving children under 18 between their parents’ homes” is one of the permitted reasons to leave home.
20 March 2020
Reflections on The Split – S2, E6: …and that’s a wrap
Tuesday saw the emotional final episode of series 2 of The Split which involved many of the key characters going their separate ways. In this blog, Connie Atkinson reflects on how to support children through separation together and ways of resolving practical arrangements on divorce.
4 March 2020
Reflections on The Split – S2, E4: Child arrangements, adoption and a potential sex tape scandal
This week’s episode of The Split began with high drama between Hannah and Christie following the secret that Nina let slip at the end of the last episode. The issues between Hannah’s client, Fi, and her husband, Richie, continued to develop so Hannah and Christie were forced to work together despite their personal differences. Fi and Richie couldn’t agree on the arrangements for their three children so a joint meeting was arranged with their lawyers.
