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Tough love: should we limit maintenance after divorce?
Happy New Year, and welcome back to our blog. We hope you and your families had a restful and joyful festive period. This week saw the annual press story about “D Day” or “Divorce Day” which is (apparently) the first working Monday after the New Year celebrations. So that was Monday this week (5th January 15) when according to the... more >
Review of the year in family law
As this will be our last blog of the year - our Yule Blog (sorry!) - we thought we’d look back over the highs and lows and themes in family law from the past twelve months. In some ways it has been a momentous year for family law, and in others we have seen a steady development of themes and... more >
Proceedings, papers and profligacy
It is hardly headline-grabbing news to say that the family court is under immense pressure at the moment. There are increasing numbers of litigants in person having to manage complex and emotionally draining disputes in the courts without the benefit of legal advice or representation, due to the removal of legal aid for all but a few family cases. Judges... more >
Breaking barriers to mediation
Last week we wrote about the alternatives to court as our way of supporting Resolution’s third dispute resolution week. This week, we are going to take a closer look at mediation. The news headlines surrounding it tend to give a bit of a mixed message. On the one hand we have the Family Justice Minister, Simon Hughes, saying recently that... more >
A Better Way to divorce or separate
This week is Resolution's third Family Dispute Resolution Week. It's an awareness-raising campaign which aims to highlight the alternatives to court for separating couples and their families. There are events going on around the country to help spread the word that there are alternatives to courtroom battles for separating couples, and there’s been plenty of media coverage already on the surveys... more >
Names have been changed to protect the innocent
Names are very important and emotive things. They are our labels, and our surnames act as markers to show who we all belong to as a family unit, both down the generations and through marriage. When a family separates, there are sometimes issues over surnames. Wives may wish to revert to their maiden names, or lose one part of the... more >