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New ideas for families
The family law reports are again filled with well-heeled international former couples where the wife is alleging that the husband has hidden money from her and the court. Interesting though these cases often are, we have seen quite a few of them recently, and thought that instead we would turn our attention back to wider social and family justice policy... more >
Protecting children’s privacy
As Resolution lawyers and responsible human beings, our focus at CFLP is to encourage the parents who come to see us to protect their children during separation and divorce. We believe in putting children’s interests first throughout the process. We aren’t big fans of litigating over children and do what we can to encourage our clients to avoid it wherever... more >
What the Courts Deal With
It is rare that the Family Court pleads for publicity, so when a judge decides to name a former couple involved in a financial hearing on divorce and says, “the public should be aware of the scale of problems that courts administering justice and implementing the rule of law have to face at the hands of unrepresented and malevolent litigants... more >
Children – case closed?
We often write about difficulties with arrangements for children after divorce and separation. In terms of legal solutions, these cases are some of the most difficult to deal with: children grow and change constantly, requiring flexibility in their arrangements that distressed parents with differing views find difficult to accommodate. This week, we saw what seems to be the final instalment... more >
Safe as houses
One of the most urgent priorities for us when families separate is to ensure that everyone is properly housed. Other priorities, no less important, are to provide continuity and support for any children, and to ensure that so far as possible everyone has access to enough money to live on. Most of the time, these priorities compete to a certain... more >
Supreme Dishonesty
The Supreme Court, in its role as arbiter of the most taxing legal questions of our time, is only rarely troubled by the subject of divorce. This is because of the wide discretion that family courts have when making decisions about the allocation of wealth when a marriage breaks down, and the clear necessity of tailoring each individual court order... more >