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Family Law Blog: Family lawyers know their stuff
Representing yourself in court in a family law case is looking increasingly appealing for some in the current climate. Changes in Legal Aid rules to slash eligibility for money to support divorce cases is one big reason on the face of it. Another is along similar lines but more general – in the tight economic [...]
Family Law Blog: Children “damaged” more by parent behaviour than divorce
We often talk about children being damaged by divorce and there are many studies which suggest that children from a broken home are worse off in one way or another, whether they perform worse at school, have relationship issues of their own later in life or are more likely to get in trouble with the [...]
Family Law Blog: Evangelista. Model behaviour or completely the wrong message?
She was one of the original supermodels and famously uttered the oft-quoted line: “I don’t get out of bed for less than £10,000.” She still cuts a stunning figure with looks that many women would die for. But at 46, Linda Evangelista has gone down in my estimation this week. Considerably. I’m sure it won’t [...]
Family Law Blog: Bankruptcy denies wife £27,500 per month maintenance
News reached me that a woman, said to be living on state benefits whilst seeking her share of her husband’s alleged £400 million fortune, has criticised the divorce system in the UK. Well, you would wouldn’t you? Michelle Young, 47, who incidentally has hired the former head of Scotland Yard’s Royal Protection Squad to oversee [...]
Family Law Blog: Parents need to be adults in divorce
There is no doubt in my mind that children are the ones who need most help when it comes to divorce – and parents need to act like grown ups and play a mature role in this. Relationship break-up is traumatic for all concerned, don’t get me wrong, and my role as a responsible family [...]
Stats on divorce and marriage don’t say it all
It is no secret that fewer people are getting married. In 2009, the latest (provisional) figures available (again statisticians, why the delay?) 231, 490 couples said “I do”, the lowest since 1895. To put it another way, 8.4 people per 1,000 in 2009 compared to 8.7 in 2008. Neither is it a secret that the [...]