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Deciding whether or not to enter into a pre or post nuptial agreement is typically a very sensitive matter that must be carefully managed. This may seem to state the obvious but it is not unheard of f...

In over 30 years of practice some of my saddest and most memorable cases have involved terminally ill clients who are anxious to ensure that their minor children are cared for following death. Frequen...

A recent case underlines the importance of not signing a pre-nuptial or post-nuptial agreement unless you are sure that you wish to be bound by its terms. Many people believe that pre-nuptial or po...

In a recent decision of the Central London County Court a man has been awarded £100,000 damages and costs against his former wife who had deceived him into believing he was the father of a child bo...

Kim Beatson provides a round-up of leave to remove cases: Mr Justice Holman described international relocation cases as the “hardest of dilemmas” in the case of S v Z (Leave to Remove) [2012] E...

The latest figures published by the Office of National Statistics (in December 2012) estimate that 42% of marriages in England and Wales end in divorce. Many of those whose marriages have ended form r...

In a recent address to the Medico-Legal Northern Ireland Society, Lord Wilson of Culworth drew attention to the prevalence of blended families in modern society. He stated that partly due to divorce,...

On 22 April 2014 a number of changes will come into force which will ‘revolutionise’ the family court system as we know it. In the words of Sir James Munby, the President of the Family Division...