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Any good lawyer will tell you that it is far better for divorcing couples to agree how their...

Working out the financial consequences of divorce takes time and that is why judges have the power...

Cross-border child abduction is an all too frequent result of broken relationships but it is also...

Some relationships sadly do not survive the prospect of impending parenthood and that can result...

Many divorcees feel that judges have given them a raw deal when dividing up marital assets. They...

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic it has become even more popular to seek resolution of financial...

Couples who buy a home together tend to assume that true love lasts forever and that the property...

A parent who wishes to move from one country to another with his or her child must first obtain...

Unmarried couples should be under no illusions that they have legal rights equivalent to those who...

How, if at all, is the duty of local authorities to allow children in their care reasonable...

When long-term relationships between unmarried couples break down, disentangling their property...

Adopting children from abroad can complete families and be of great benefit to all concerned....

Adopting children from overseas is fraught with legal pitfalls and those who attempt to do so...

It is not only in the realms of fiction that lovers choose to marry in secret, away from the gaze...

Despite the drive towards achieving economic equality between the sexes, it remains common for...

In the throes of family breakdown, parents often focus on their own personal battles – but...

In order to be divorced you obviously have to be validly married, and bigamy remains a...

To say that parents bear a moral responsibility to ensure that their children behave themselves in...

The Channel Islands may be separated from the UK mainland by miles of water, but they are not...

Where blame, if any, attaches for the breakdown of a marriage is generally irrelevant when it...

The full rigour of formalities that must be gone through in order to solemnise a marriage have...

A gender-neutral and non-discriminatory approach to divorce generally requires an equal division...

Unmarried couples frequently intermingle their property whilst love still blooms, but sorting out...

It is hardly surprising that confidential or privileged documents which have or may have been...

Race discrimination may not be intentional, but it can be deeply hurtful and, with the right legal...

English judges are respected around the world – but they are not the sole arbiters of...

Litigation can be long and bitter, but it is the prime objective of the justice system to...

Amidst the emotional and financial destruction that can arise from divorce, keeping a sense of...

In a case illustrating the importance of candour regarding financial circumstances in divorce...

Family judges are always absolutely focused on the welfare of children and will not shrink from...