Family legal advice articles
Practice group: Family law services
09-07-10
Foreign divorces - Better protection for spouses
The principle that British persons divorced abroad can look to the courts in England and Wales to ensure that their 'reasonable needs' are...
06-07-10
Husband's covert affair means Wife keeps house
When a wife agrees to allow the family home to be used as security for her husband's debts, the legal situation is normally clear and the...
05-07-10
"It's been in the family for years" is no argument
The argument put forward by a farmer that he should retain the family farm after his divorce, because it had been in his family for...
02-07-10
Wedding video stops divorce
For an application to be made for ancillary relief (a financial settlement on divorce), there has to have been a valid marriage in the...
01-07-10
Time doesn't run out for maintenance penalty
Failure to pay maintenance for children can have severe consequences.
Recently, a father who had failed to pay maintenance for several...
25-06-10
No Appeal for Unsupported Claim by Cohabitee
A man's attempt to obtain a half-share of his ex-partner's property after they split up failed recently when he could not persuade...
23-06-10
Budget Summary 2010 | How it will affect you
Summary of changes affecting private individuals
Income Tax
Tax Thresholds
Although the increase by a further £1,000 from April...
21-06-10
Undocumented 'Rights' Given Short Shrift by Court
It is often thought that there is little practical difference between being married or in a civil partnership and living together....
27-05-10
Happy ever after? | Family owned business disputes
With shareholders at war over the kitchen table, how the spectre of divorce can impact on a family business.
In the UK, an estimated...
12-05-10
Business Losses Mean Divorce Settlement to be Reconsidered
A property tycoon whose fortunes have plummeted since he and his wife divorced has been granted permission by the court to have the amount...
26-03-10
Budget Summary 2010 | For private individuals
Summary of changes affecting Private Individuals
This may well be Chancellor Alistair Darling's last Budget, no matter what the outcome...
03-09-09
When a marriage breakdown splits a family business
Figures from the Institute for Family Business reveal that family firms account for some 65% of the UK’s 4.5 million private sector...
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