Imagine, in the course of negotiating your divorce settlement, you tell your partner that they can keep one of their biggest assets and they don’t have to give you anything in return. Doesn’t sound like a good idea, does it? [Read more…] about You Keep Yours and I’ll Keep Mine
Child Maintenance
When is a child a qualifying child and so within the jurisdiction of the Child Maintenance Service?
Are Diamonds still a Girl’s Best Friend?
In our latest blog we explore how jewellery and other assets obtained during a marriage are valued and divided on separation and divorce.
Some Cohabitation Myths Dispelled
We explore some of the misconceptions about what rights cohabiting couples have on the breakdown of their relationship or on the death of either partner.
Residence, Rocco and lessons from the Madonna – Guy Ritchie story
We discuss the media reporting of the custody battle between Madonna and Guy Ritchie and the limits of the courts when the child is a teenager with a free will.
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A Clear Statement of the Law (or not)
We review a statue of the Child Support Act 1991 and remark on the difficulty for lawyers in interpreting Parliament’s intentions when the words don’t make sense.
Courts prepared to take a robust stance in child contact cases
A recent courageous decision from the English Court of Appeal indicated that courts nowadays can be prepared to take a robust stance in child contact cases when the parent with whom the children live refuses to obey Contact Orders.
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International adoptions and the UK’s regulation
We discuss a recent judgement from the Court of Appeal which rejected the argument that a person adopted in France to French nationals now living in the UK was a family member for the purposes of entry clearance under the EEA Regulations.
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Overseas Adoption recognised at Common Law
In recognising that there was no reported decision in Scotland where a foreign adoption order had been recognised and registered at Common Law, Lord Brailsford granted decree at Common Law on 4th June.
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Pre-nuptial and Post-Nuptial agreements – sign with caution
There is a warning in a recent Inner House decision that people should be very careful about what they agree in a Pre-nuptial or Post-Nuptial agreement.
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