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Family-friendly laws?
The Government has announced that all future policy and legislation is to be subjected to a family friendly filter before it can be enacted. This is a Conservative party initiative to ensure that families are supported, and not adversely affected, by developments in law and policy. From October, all government departments will have to assess the impact of policy on... more >
Tigers, trusts and temerity
People often say that there are no winners in family law. However in a recent case, it could be said that, rather unusually, endangered tigers were the winners. Or, to be more specific, a charity striving to preserve and conserve the critically endangered Chinese tiger could be said to have been the winner. The case is rather unusual, even for a divorce... more >
Pressing questions
We are all used to seeing the seemingly endless press coverage of cases affecting families – high profile divorces, battles over money and children, and the inevitable “quickie divorce” for a separating celebrity couple, but have you ever considered how the press get their stories? Did you know that, generally speaking, journalists can sit in the family courts and can... more >
Parents: be involved, be responsible
From today, new legislation comes into effect that is intended to affect the way courts will look at how children of separated parents divide their time. So for cases starting on or after today in the family court, there is a new presumption which judges must apply: that the involvement of both parents in the life of the child concerned... more >
Feeling the need
“Will I be able to manage financially after we divorce?” “Can I afford a house for myself and the children?” “How can we afford to live?” “Will I have to watch every penny?” These are the sorts of questions which worry most people going through divorce or dissolution. The principles that guide how judges make decisions in financial divorce and... more >
The Dishonest Dottore and her Dodgy Divorces
A “conspiracy to pervert the course of justice on an almost industrial scale”. This is not the usual phrase to be found in the opening paragraph of a family law judgment, but then the case of Rapisarda v Colladon was not a usual case. It is quite a story, and one that reveals a fair amount about the workings of the... more >