13 September 2024
With this ring, I thee house: protecting property interests in prenuptial agreements
Deciding to get married is one of life’s happiest milestones. An engagement brings with it a great deal of energy and excitement as the loved-up couple starts to plan their happy day, whether this is an exotic destination wedding, a multi-day celebration or a simple town hall ceremony.
9 August 2024
A tale of two cities: 100 years of Family Law
It’s official: Les Jeux Olympiques have returned to Paris after 100 years. Paris is one of only three cities, along with London and Los Angeles, to have hosted the Olympic Games three times. After two weeks of sport, the Anglo-French rivalry is very much alive and almost too close to call; at the time of publication France are just ahead with 53 medals (including 14 gold), while Team GB has 51 medals (including 13 gold).
12 July 2024
Post-Separation Travel with Children: A Guide for Parents
The school holidays are upon us and with the weather here in the UK leaving most of us in need of some sunshine, I have noticed a flurry of questions popping up in my WhatsApp parent groups and on social media about travelling abroad with children following separation. What has become clear from these questions, and some of the well-intentioned but perhaps misinformed responses, is that a lot of people remain unaware that they cannot take their children out of the country, even for a holiday, without the permission of the other parent.
10 June 2024
Knock knock knockin’ on hearing’s door - what happens when the press come to the family court?
Due to the nature of family law disputes, hearings in the family court often contain information which is “private”, intimate, personal, and/or sensitive. While press attendance of family court hearings has been a possibility for many years, in reality the press have tended not to take up this opportunity given the restrictive rules around publication (unless, of course, it is a high-profile person or something particularly salacious).
29 May 2024
Court as a last resort!
How you approach resolving a dispute with your ex-partner, whether regarding finances or your children, is an important first step in your case and can set the tone moving forward. Whilst previously, alternative ways of resolving disputes outside of court proceedings (now defined as non-court dispute resolution or ‘NCDR’)were always available options, under new procedure rules that have recently come intof force there is now a far greater expectation that parties should actively engage in NCDR throughout the entirety of proceedings with possible financial consequences if they do not.
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