LawSpot Family Law and Jurisdiction Whatever the outcome of Brexit, what has been highlighted are the international legal issues affecting families who are spread across different countries, including the UK, EU and beyond. These are issues concerning ‘jurisdiction’...
Our News Living together? What every unmarried couple need to know. Accordingly to the Office of National Statistics, there are approximately 3.3 million unmarried couples living together in the UK. That is 1 family in 5! This is the fastest-growing ‘family type’ over...
LawSpot Struggling to agree on arranging contact for the children? My husband and I recently separated and this will be our first Christmas apart. We are struggling to agree on arranging contact for the children over the festive period. Do you have a solution that...
LawSpot No Fault Divorce – An Update The need for a no fault divorce has recently hit the headlines. With the failed attempt by Mrs Tina Owens to divorce her husband, and more recently the Ministry of Justice having started a public consultation on options for...
LawSpot Mrs Owens – The Wife Who is Not Allowed a Divorce? A recent Judgment in the UK Supreme Court has refused to allow Mrs Tini Owens the right to divorce her husband. This is because the law which currently applies to divorce is over 40 years old and in urgent...
LawSpot About 240,000 children each year in the UK experience the separation of their parents. When their parents split up, these children can react in different ways. Some will be hurt and upset, even angry with their parents or themselves. Some might be relieved...
