Family

Articles

19 Apr 2016

A clean break on divorce?

The English courts are moving away from the traditional needs-based approach to deciding spousal maintenance applications, explains Caroline Park

12 Apr 2016

Vulnerable will be hit hardest by new divorce tax

Divorce applicants with a low income could be refused their legal right to separation, writes Paul Hunt

11 Apr 2016

Government divorce policy is 'failing', new figures show

Divorcing couples shun 'compulsory' mediation meetings and head straight to court

7 Apr 2016

Uncertainty will plague the untruthful

The timing of the Mossack Fonseca leak less than a year after the rulings in Sharland v Sharland and Gohil v Gohil is uncanny. Dishonest former spouses beware

6 Apr 2016

Munby praises new guide to help LiPs through divorce

Family division president hopes understanding of court processes and language will be improved

6 Apr 2016

Panama Papers shed light on spate of non-disclosure divorces

'No court in England and Wales will tolerate non-disclosure'

5 Apr 2016

Dead-end divorce fees

The government's latest tax on justice will hit separating partners - and family practitioners - hard, writes Pippa Allsop

5 Apr 2016

Brexit is not in the interest of the family lawyer

Since 2001, when Brussels I regulation arrived on our shores as the first attempt to synchronise laws between EU countries, family lawyers have tended to greet each new EU convention with some hesitation and suspicion.