Marilyn Stowe

Partner, Stowe Family Law

Marilyn Stowe is the retired founder of Stowe Family Law

The nuances of 'nothing else will do'

A recent adoption case shows the dangers of taking a rigid and inflexible approach to applying legal principles, writes Marilyn Stowe

Brexit: UK family law can improve, say lawyers

Leave vote provides opportunity for improved legislation but 'long and complex' process awaits

Shaking up the cost rules

Should the 'no order' principle be changed in financial remedy cases, wonders Marilyn Stowe

The divorce courts' reaction to the Panama Papers

Keeping financial secrets an ocean away is as prevalent in family law as it is in offshore banking, but is anyone really surprised, writes Marilyn Stowe

The 'why bother?' attitude to cohabitation laws

The common law marriage myth stubbornly lives on, writes Marilyn Stowe, and it doesn't show any sign of abating

MoJ to close 86 'underused' courts

Decision described by lawyers as an 'abomination' and 'devastating news' for vulnerable people

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Where was the government in Kerrie Backhouse's case?

As every lawyer in the land will confirm, the law can be a slow moving beast, sometimes taking many decades to catch up with changing social realities. Witness the rapid rise of cohabitation over recent decades. Couples who live together without marrying are now the fastest growing family type in the UK, but there is still no law recognising such relationships in England and Wales.

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