On Tuesday 6 November the Government announced its response to the consultation process suggesting amendments to the Children Act 1989 on the question of the parental involvement in the lives of children upon family breakdown.
Latest on divorce and children
October 10, 2012 
According to The Daily Telegraph, the Ministry of Justice figures indicate that the number of children involved in court cases where their parents are divorcing increased by 14% in the second quarter of 2012 and the number of divorces is Read more …
Child’s welfare and religious upbringing
October 9, 2012
Back in August I posted a couple of articles on the subject. The issue of a child’s religious upbringing has again come before the courts in the recent case of Re G. In this case the parents were separated but Read more …
Lawyers spend almost all their money on acrimonious divorce battle
October 8, 2012
On 19 September 2012 The Telegraph reported on the case involving two practising solicitors who spent nearly all that they owned on paying for their divorce, financial and children cases. According to reports, the husband earned in excess of £450,000 Read more …
Family Dispute Resolution Conference Highlights
October 1, 2012
During the week 24 to 28 September, Resolution, an organisation of family lawyers, arranged a campaign to raise public awareness of the alternatives to court available to separating or divorcing couples. In support of this campaign the family team at Read more …
Domestic violence: changes to guidelines
September 21, 2012
My guest blogger, family solicitor Victoria Walker, discusses the latest changes to definition of domestic abuse. Domestic violence and protecting victims has been on the government’s agenda for some time. Since 2004 the government’s definition of domestic violence has been Read more …
Resolving family disputes over children’s religious upbringing
August 13, 2012
Following on my previous article dealing with the religious upbringing of children I thought it would be interesting to refer to the case of Re N (a child: religion: Jehovah’s Witness). This was a case in which the father of Read more …
Children religious upbringing: who decides?
August 2, 2012
The press has been filled with pictures of little Suri Cruise, first with her mum, Katie Holmes, and then with her dad, Tom Cruise and articles claiming that the reason why Katie wanted a divorce was because she doesn’t want Read more …
I do, subject to…
February 6, 2012
Having practised Family Law in South Africa (where prenups are commonplace) for a number of years, I am quite comfortable with the idea of couples who are about to be married signing a prenup as part of their preparation for Read more …
Divorce Day
January 3, 2012
Historically, this time of year is supremely busy for divorce solicitors as people take stock of their lives at the beginning of a new year, and sometimes decide to make big changes, by leaving their partners. The strains of Christmas Read more …
