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Biggest EU Digital Shake-Up Since GDPR? What Businesses Need To Know
Christopher Perrin
10 January 2022
Are divorce scandals finally a thing of the past?
Divorce only became possible through the courts in 1857 (before then it required an Act of Parliament and so also huge wealth and political weight). Divorce cases were heard in public and created tabloid sensations. They pitted husband and wife against each other; if both had behaved badly, the divorce could be refused. They needed a villain and a victim; a guilty party and a wronged party.
3 December 2021
Good Divorce Week: Making sure children always come first.
Today is the second day of Good Divorce Week, a Resolution initiative which this year is providing free resources to parents who are going through a divorce or separation.
Resolution is a community of 6,500 family justice professionals who believe that a non-confrontational approach to family law issues produces better outcomes for separating families and their children. All of the family lawyers in our team are members of Resolution.
30 November 2021
What about me? Reframing Support for Families following Parental Separation – The Family Solutions Group (FSG) Report - One year on
This month marks the one year anniversary of the publication of the FSG’s report ‘What about Me’. The FSG (of which I am fortunate to be a member), was set up in early 2020 (as a multi-disciplinary sub-group of the Private Law Working Group, chaired by Mr Justice Cobb) to produce recommendations to improve the experiences of, and opportunities for, separating families away from the Family Court. The report, supported by the President of the Family Division, was widely publicised and launched via a webinar attended by over 400 family professionals.
29 November 2021
What does a 'good' divorce look like - When there are children involved?
The idea of a ‘good’ divorce might, for many people, look like the conscious uncoupling modelled by Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. But the idea of a ‘good enough’ divorce seems more helpful for most separating couples and their children.
3 November 2021
What to do when wider family members are drawn into the divorce process
For relatives of those getting divorced, their concern for their loved one can be compounded by the fear of wider financial repercussions for the family. This can be particularly worrying if family assets have been ‘intermingled’ with the couple’s marital assets, opening up potential claims against those assets, whether held in immediate or extended family members’ names, within family financial structures, or by a spouse on behalf of other family members.
