Published: 13 Mar 2019
Category: Family Law
Clients can now instruct a Family Solicitor on a Pay As You Go basis for children disputes WSP’s Family Department understand that it is not financially possible for all clients who seek our advice to instruct us on a full representation basis. Often, those clients are in the midst of an ongoing dispute with an […]
Published: 4 Mar 2019
Category: Family Law
Rock and A Hard Place The Chantry Centre, Lister Hall, Dursley, saw a performance of Rock and a Hard Place on Sunday evening. We took the opportunity to join the audience. Written by Lynn Morris and performed by Journeymen Theatre, the play is a ‘theatre of witness’ on domestic abuse. It is being launched in […]
Published: 14 Feb 2019
Category: Family Law
Cohabiting Couples & The Common Law Marriage Myth Resolution, an organisation that campaigns for improvements to the family justice system, reported that the number of couples choosing to tie the knot has in fact been steadily decreasing since the 1970s. Cohabiting couples are now the fastest growing family type. There are 3.3m cohabiting couples in […]
Published: 3 Jan 2019
Category: Family Law
The increase of marriage and divorce in older age According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), we are seeing a year on year increase in both marriage and divorce in older age couples. Although divorce rates across the whole population are falling, older people are bucking the trend with the ONS reporting that between […]
Published: 28 Nov 2018
Category: Family Law
Resolution is a community of family solicitors and other justice professionals who work with families and individuals to resolve issues in a constructive way, considering the needs of the whole family, in particular the best interests of children. Resolution Code of Practice As members of Resolution the WSP Family team have signed up to the […]
Published: 27 Nov 2018
Category: Family Law
Resolution – Minimising the impact of conflict on children This week is Resolution’s Good Divorce Week. As members of Resolution, we are supporting their campaign in the hope of finding #abetterway for our clients. Resolution is an organisation of family justice professionals who believe in a constructive, non-confrontational approach to family law matters. They help separating parents […]
Published: 26 Nov 2018
Category: Family Law
Resolution’s Good Divorce Week With Resolution’s Good Divorce Week running from the 26th – 30th November 2018, WSP Solicitors are supporting the campaign which focuses on how separating or divorcing parents can limit the impact of divorce on children. Our Family Solicitors are all members of Resolution. This means that we follow Resolution’s Code of […]
Published: 19 Nov 2018
Category: Family Law
The rise of Child Protection Plans and Section 47 Investigations In November 2018 the BBC reported on the rise of Child Protection Plans and Section 47 Investigations into Children at risk from harm. Stories such as these appear in the headlines intermittently, raising awareness for a period of time, before the next big social issue […]
Published: 23 Oct 2018
Category: Family Law
How to get divorced Coming to terms with the breakdown of your marriage can be upsetting, emotional and stressful. Separating from your spouse is a very significant life event so when you are ready to commence divorce proceedings we can help to make it as straight forward as possible. Start by reading our survivor’s guide […]
Published: 17 Nov 2017
Category: Family Law
Do you know your relationship rights The breakdown of a relationship is difficult and emotionally traumatic. The last thing that a person needs is the worry about their relationship rights or that they will not be able to financially support themselves and their children. Recent statistics, according to Resolution (an organisation of family solicitors and […]
The WSP offices will be closed from 5pm today, re-opening at 9am on Tuesday 23rd April.Wishing all clients and friends of the firm a Happy Easter and enjoyable long weekend!
Part 4 of the ‘Starting a Business’ series Once you’ve sought to regulate your relationships with your business partners, you need to think about doing the same with your customers. It is commercially prudent to have a clear set of terms upon which you are prepared to do business and on which you can rely. […]
Clients can now instruct a Family Solicitor on a Pay As You Go basis for children disputes WSP’s Family Department understand that it is not financially possible for all clients who seek our advice to instruct us on a full representation basis. Often, those clients are in the midst of an ongoing dispute with an […]
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