Specialist, top-rated family law advice, representation and mediation in the heart of the city of Cambridge.
Contact us for an initial chat about how we can help you.
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 >
Not about cryogenics
An unusual and tragic family law case hit the headlines last week, regarding the last wishes of a terminally ill teenage girl (JS) to be cryogenically frozen after her death. She hoped that one day, after a cure for her cancer was found, she might be woken up and resume living her life. We know now that JS has sadly... more >
Not getting married
According to the Office of National Statistics this week, the number of cohabiting couples has more than doubled in the last 20 years, from 1.5m in 1996 to 3.3m in 2016. Cohabiting couple families now make up 17% of all families in the UK. What are the implications of this? The fundamental difference between marriage and cohabitation is that when you... more >
Expert assistance
When people are going through a separation or divorce, there are usually a series of arrangements to sort out. In many cases these are not too complex and can be resolved by discussion or negotiation between you, or with the help of a mediator or solicitor. In other more complex cases we legal professionals might work with other specialists who... more >
Divorce in court
When married people separate, the major legal issue they tend to see before them is a divorce. Divorce is indeed a legal process, and an important psychological and emotional one too, but many people don’t understand that obtaining the actual divorce is generally just a form-filling exercise. The part of a separation process that usually takes more time and energy... more >
Costing the earth
When you’ve got a disagreement with your former partner, the general rule about the costs of sorting it out is that each of you pays for yourself. This is the case whether you’re trying to resolve things through solicitors, through mediation, through collaborative practice or by using the courts, and whether the issues are about the children or about money... more >