Family Law News

• Heterosexual Civil Partnerships, the Legal Bid for Equal Love

  • February 17, 2016
  

  Tim Adkin, Family Solicitor, discusses the recent debate of Civil Partnerships as highlighted by the recent case of Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, who wanted to enter into a civil partnership and took the matter to the High Court as they felt they were being discriminated against as they were not same sex partners.

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• The presumption of parental involvement

  • February 4, 2016
  

  The Children and Families Act 2014 introduced a “presumption of parental involvement” designed to encourage Courts to recognise the role of each parent in a more equal way. In order to keep up with social changes, the Act helps to recognise the importance of fathers having an active role in their children’s lives, which signals the end of the traditional idea that a mother is the “main parent”. Read more here.

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• Police forces in England and Wales are stretched by a surge in reports of domestic abuse

  • December 17, 2015
  

  Records of domestic abuse cases rose by a staggering 31% between 2013 and 2015, a HMIC report has unearthed that there were a mammoth 900,000 calls made to police in England and Wales in the 12 months leading up to March 2015.

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• Honesty in divorce proceedings for financial claims is crucial to your case

  • November 26, 2015
  

  The recent and much publicised cases of Sharland and Gohil concerning what happens when there is non disclosure in divorce proceedings highlights the need for honesty in your financial claims. Read more here about the need for disclosure.

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• The duty of disclosure when facing divorce

  • November 4, 2015
  

  Failing to provide full disclosure in a divorce regarding finances can have some serious consequences. Read more here.

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• Unmarried couples – your rights

  • October 16, 2015
  

  Did you know if you are in a relationship and live together you do not have the same rights as a married couple? Read more here about rights of unmarried couples.

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