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Civil Partnerships vs Marriage Civil Partnerships award essentially the same rights to couples as Marriage does. There are a few notable differences between Civil Partnerships and Marriage: Ci...

A casual connection or even a “love affair” with another country will generally not be enough to acquire jurisdiction in relation to divorce. Where EU Member States are concerned, jurisdiction...

Clients are increasingly seeking a relationship with family solicitors that involves co-working. Legal aid is rarely available and solicitors are often unaffordable. Unbundling effectively involves...

Civil partnership for same sex couples was introduced in 2005, followed by gay marriage in 2014.  Since then I have prepared numerous prenups (or pre-cips) and my clients really understand the import...

I attended a wedding a while ago where the atmosphere was tense rather than joyful because the bride’s parents had divorced ten years previously and animosity between them still reigned. Although...

Mr Justice Mostyn described these cases as “the hardest decision that a judge ever has to make in the field of family law …  The choices are starkly binary.  One or other parent will lose and...

Mr and Mrs Owen married in 1978 and had two children. They separated in February 2015 and Mrs Owen petitioned for divorce three months later. They are still married! To prove the breakdown of a mar...

Civil partnerships for same sex couples was introduced in 2005, followed by gay marriage in 2014.  Since then I have prepared numerous pre-nups and my clients really understand the importance of...