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Key takeaways from the Home Secretary’s Statement on Asylum Reforms: 30-months permission to stay for new claims and transitional arrangements for pending cases
Oliver Oldman
12 April 2023
Collaborative divorce: what I would choose
If I was getting divorced, how would I like to do it (assuming that decision was in my control)? I would choose collaborative law. It puts children at the centre and allows you to focus on how you would like to co-parent in the future. It allows you to spend your money on finding a solution rather than arguments and it ensures that those solutions are focused on what you really care about.
I have just finished my collaborative training and want more people to know about this way of resolving things following a separation. I have set out more details below and hope you will read on in case you, or those you care about, have to consider the best way to separate in the future.
9 March 2023
The evolving landscape of English prenups
Over the years of family law practice, a question we frequently hear from clients is whether a prenup is worthwhile; is there any point in having one, would it have made a difference to my divorce? The recent case of HD v WB [2023] EWFC 2 allows us to answer this question with a resounding “yes”. This case gives us further judicial guidance on the relevance of a pre-nuptial agreement (“PNA”) in this jurisdiction and the weight, if any, that should be given to it in any subsequent financial proceedings on divorce.
9 March 2023
Common law marriage and other Family Law Myths
As an area of the law that features heavily in popular culture and the media (think “The Split”, “A Marriage Story”, “The Parent Trap” etc), divorce and family law is complex, dynamic, and often misrepresented and misunderstood.
8 March 2023
International Women's Day
Last year, to mark International Women’s Day, I was asked by Resolution to set out my experiences as a family lawyer as it coincided with 25 years at Kingsley Napley. As someone who has been head of a wonderful team (comprising mainly but not exclusively women) for the last 10 years, this year, I thought I’d set out some of the themes I raised in my original blog.
27 February 2023
Surrogacy: the strict approach to consent
When a child is born following a surrogacy arrangement, under English law, the surrogate will always be considered the child’s legal mother, regardless of whether there is a genetic link between her and the baby.
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