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Helpful books for children going through divorce or separation
If you are going through divorce or separation the emotions you are likely to be feeling may range from anger, shock, denial, envy, loss, desperation, loneliness any many more. Your children are likely to be going through a similar range of emotions and will require the support of both parents to successfully traverse this difficult period of change. We have... more >
Can an individual who has carried and delivered a child be recorded as the father of that child? Hearing in the High Court before the President of the Family Division.
Jeremy Ford, Partner at Cambridge Family Law Practice, is instructed on behalf of the child in a groundbreaking case being heard before the President of the Family Division from 11-15 February 2019. The child’s biological parent (“the claimant”) is a transgender male. He became pregnant by way of intrauterine insemination treatment using donor sperm. The hearing has arisen as the... more >
Important amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 for single biological parents
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 came into force on 3 January 2019. This now allows single biological parents who embark on the journey of surrogacy to apply for a parental order; the making of which has the transformative effect of making that person the legal parent of their child. Prior to this statute did not... more >
Compensation payments on divorce – how are they treated?
We are all aware of medical negligence claims or national tragedies, such as the Grenfell Tower fire, and here at CFLP, we are sometimes asked how annual grants to victims or beneficiaries from charitable, or other, trusts or compensation payments following personal injury cases, are viewed on divorce. Before dealing with this in detail, we set out a brief recap... more >
Good Divorce Week
At CFLP, we are all proud members of Resolution, a community of family justice professionals who work with families and individuals to resolve issues surrounding family breakdown in a constructive way. As Resolution members, we will always seek to reduce or manage any conflict and confrontation, to support and encourage families to put the best interests of any children first,... more >
Government to consult on ‘no-fault’ divorce
In recent months, the government launched a consultation on ‘no-fault divorce’, calling for the existing fault-based system of establishing marriage breakdown to be abolished. This follows the highly publicised Supreme Court decision in Owens v Owens [2018] UKSC 41, where a wife of 40 years was refused a divorce due to ‘flimsy and exaggerated’ examples of unreasonable behaviour. At present,... more >