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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
26 November 2015
Divorce and separation – putting children first and how to support them
This week is Resolution’s Family Dispute Resolution Week and the focus is on “putting children first.” Resolution is a national organisation to which many family lawyers belong. Members of Resolution are committed to helping parties deal with their divorce and separation in a non-confrontational way.
As solicitors in the family team at Kingsley Napley, we experience first-hand on a daily basis the need for children to be placed at the centre of all decisions made following separation. Ensuring a child is put first is also well reflected in the law and the court’s first consideration is always given to the welfare of the child.
25 November 2015
Impact on UK immigration status when relationships break down
As covered in our earlier blog on how separation and divorce could affect your right to remain in the UK, the breakdown of a marriage for a couple with an international background can be particularly difficult if one party relies on the other’s immigration status to stay here.
6 November 2015
Contrats de mariage français versus prenuptial agreements anglais – Attention aux pièges
En tant que français expatrié et en instance de divorce, votre reflexe – tout à fait légitime – sera de vous fier au contenu de votre contrat de mariage français pour déterminer la façon dont vos biens seront répartis entre vous et votre conjoint a l’issue du divorce. Cet automatisme est pourtant à bannir par le couple lorsque celui-ci est installé à l’étranger et plus spécifiquement si celui-ci envisage de divorcer en Angleterre.
21 October 2015
Everyone should be free to choose between marriage or civil partnership
Today a bill was presented to Parliament calling for civil partnerships to be extended to heterosexual couples. At the moment, straight couples can only marry and are banned from entering into civil partnerships, whereas same sex couples can choose either option.
14 October 2015
No fault divorce – let’s take the blame out of it
Research released earlier this week shows that over half of divorce petitions lodged in England and Wales each year are based on behaviour. In our experience, the examples of behaviour used are wide ranging but, as the research has found, not necessarily accurate or a true reflection of the circumstances. We are told that almost a third of those filing for divorce have admitted that the examples given were fabricated in order to proceed with their divorce as soon as possible.
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