“I originally came across mediation through Stephen Ruttle QC from Brick Court; he asked me to sit in on mediation and I could immediately see the positive and creative application of mediation for families. Family breakdown is not a legal issue but a relationship issue.”
Ministry of Justice, 19th April 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Cash-strapped spouses who want to split from their well-off other halves could find themselves seriously out of pocket because of impending changes to the availability of legal aid.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An increasing number of wealthy couples are turning to new arbitration schemes to settle divorce disputes rather than squabbling in public through the courts, reports suggest.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“It’s the little things in a divorce that can turn out to be the biggest headaches, say lawyers.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Joanna Grandfield, Associate (barrister), Anna Heenan, solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the key financial remedies cases arising in the first quarter of 2012.”
Family Law Week, 30th March 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“‘No fault’ divorces should become the standard means for couples to separate rather than proving that one side is responsible for the breakdown, according to the most senior family law judge in England and Wales.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Annual Resolution Conference (PDF)
Speech by Sir Nicholas Wall, President of the Family Division
Annual Resolution Conference, 24th March 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Britain’s leading family law judge, Sir Nicholas Wall, has renewed calls for ‘no fault divorce’, which could see couples granted quick legal separation without one party accepting the blame.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“David Marusza of Harcourt Chambers summarises and analyses the latest cases involving prenuptial agreements.”
Family Law Week, 25th March 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“With meditation now compulsory for couples who want a divorce, Neal Robinson’s practice has an ever-increasing workload.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers for Peter Lawrence told the Court of Appeal that his former civil partner, Donald Gallagher, an actor, was not entitled to a £1.7 million payout because they had ‘dual careers’. The case is one of the first times that a court has adjudicated in a civil partnership separation involving two parties who had very different levels of wealth.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Libor Krejci, a property developed described as a ‘polo-playing friend of Prince Charles’ who was accused of leaving his seriously ill wife penniless and bankrupt, will be forced to give her £260,000 divorce payout, a court has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“High-profile married couples who are splitting up may soon be able to avoid airing their dirty linen in public with the advent of private divorce courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An oil baron has been granted permission by the Appeal Court to rely on Nigerian native law in a bitter multi-million divorce battle with his former wife in what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The recent Government Response to the Family Justice Review has at its centre an entitlement to a legally binding presumption of shared parenting. Legislation in favour of shared parenting would represent the greatest change to the Children Act since its creation in 1989. Arguably, the proposal represents a levelling of the playing field, addressing a perceived imbalance in the treatment of parents post-separation, to others it is a legislative minefield detracting from the primary consideration – the child.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 17th February 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Sally Gore, barrister, of 14 Gray’s Inn Square analyses the Government’s response to the Family Justice Review in the context of current family law practice.”
Family Law Week, 13th February 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“The Law Commission is to conduct a targeted review of two aspects of the law that entitles married couples and civil partners to claim financial provision from one another on divorce or dissolution of their partnership.”
Law Commission, 6th February 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Fathers and mothers should be entitled to a legally binding ‘presumption of shared parenting’ after separation, the government has announced, rejecting advice by an independent review on family justice.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ken Clarke, the justice secretary, is to publish proposals to give stronger rights to divorced and separated fathers to see their children as part of an overhaul of the family justice system.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Grandparents should be given clear rights to see their grandchildren when couples separate, ministers will say today.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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