One might imagine that dividing matrimonial assets on divorce involves simply calculating the total value of the assets and deciding how that total should be divided between the parties. However, there can be a problem with such a simplistic approach. Not all assets...
There are some 3.6 million cohabiting couple families in the UK, making up one in five of all families. And yet all of these couples have little or no legal protection if they split up. Worse still, many of them believe that they do have the same protection as married...
When courts make decisions concerning arrangements for children following parental separation, they will obviously do so by reference to what they consider to be best for the welfare of the children. Sometimes this can mean that the court must make a decision...
It is well understood that domestic abuse can often be an issue in proceedings between parents over arrangements for their children. Indeed, findings of domestic abuse are likely to have a significant bearing upon the outcome of such proceedings.But what of domestic...
It is sadly the case that when one parent applies to the court for a child arrangements order to see their children, the other parent may raise serious allegations of domestic abuse against the applicant parent. The court will of course have to determine the truth of...
