It has recently been announced that the Law Commission has been asked by the Ministry of Justice to undertake a review of the law which determines how finances are divided between couples at the end of their marriage or civil partnership. The Government has requested...
Government announces plans for mandatory mediation in family cases On 23 March 2023 the Ministry of Justice, the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (‘Cafcass’), and the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Dominic Raab MP announced plans...
The law on nuptial agreements has been clear since 2010: The court should give effect to a nuptial agreement that is freely entered into by each party with a full appreciation of its implications unless in the circumstances prevailing it would not be fair to hold the...
Family Court proceedings are by their very nature private, dealing with highly personal, and sometimes confidential, issues. Anyone involved in them may therefore be alarmed at the news that journalists are to be allowed to attend and report upon Family Court...
As is noted elsewhere on this website, if you are unmarried and decide to separate, you will not have the right to share your partner’s property, in the same way as you would if you had been married. Instead, each disputed asset is dealt with by applying the relevant...
Many families have an ‘international element’. There are various possible reasons for this. For example, the family may have moved from one country to another during the marriage, or one or both of the parties may have originated from another country. In such cases it...
