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Parental responsibility and responsible parenting
The concept of parental responsibility for children is one of the core principles of family law. Parental responsibility means the legal rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority a parent has for a child and the child's property, and a person who has parental responsibility for a child has the right and obligation to make decisions about their care and upbringing.... more >
Deception and damages
Paternity fraud is not something that comes up every day, thankfully. The discovery that, contrary to what you have always assumed, you are not biologically related to a child you have loved and raised as your own must be absolutely devastating. Aside from the emotional cost, there is also the rather more hard-headed consideration of having financially supported a child... more >
Faking it
Acts of revenge on cheating spouses always make for easy headlines. Farmers who dump truck loads of manure on their ex-wife’s front lawn, wives who cut one sleeve off every shirt in their husband’s wardrobe, you know the sort of thing. Nowadays with social media omnipresent, these acts of revenge can get a lot of air time, and even “go... more >
Sipping terrestrial champagne
No one likes to talk about death, and planning for our own is something many of us put off, or cannot bear to think about at all. Even writing a Will and thinking about to whom we should pass on our possessions can be really hard for some people. But if you turn it around and instead think about how... more >
The Minnock Case
It is not often that family law hits the national news headlines, but in the last couple of weeks there has been considerable press coverage of the story of the so-called “runaway mother” Rebecca Minnock, who went into hiding with her son Ethan, after the Family Court in Bristol ordered that Ethan should live with his father, Roger Williams. This... more >
Rogues’ gallery?
This week the Supreme Court has been getting its teeth into some family law. Seven judges have spent the last few days hearing the appeals in the cases of Sharland v Sharland and Gohil v Gohil. Both cases feature issues which arise from non-disclosure of financial information in divorce and financial remedy cases. The appeals have been heard by Lord... more >