Our blog aims to keep people informed on developments in family law from all angles, whether it's changes in the law, comments on celebrity divorces or suggestions for help through the process of separation. It's popular and has attracted the attention of the national press - they tell us that they use it to keep abreast of new trends in family law. It's intended to inform, educate and entertain. It may even do all three at the same time.
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By Patricia Robinson in Family law in the news on Friday, April 9, 2010
The Guardian has just revealed the results of its recent poll on "Would you sign a prenup?". A surprising 62.2% of readers who entered the poll confirmed that they would - a far cry from the belief that in England the average person is still opposed to (or wary of) such agreements. ... read more
By Helen Miller in Stories in the media on Friday, April 9, 2010
Comedians Dawn French and Lenny Henry have announced their separation after what was, in show-biz terms, a very long 25 year marriage. It is reported that the marriage sadly never recovered from tabloid revelations of Henry's infidelity dating back to 1999. While many couples... read more
Katie Price has been keeping it in the family by using her own children as models to launch the latest collection in her children’s equestrian clothing line. Rather than spending money on professionals, she has used her two youngest children, Junior (aged four) and Princess (aged 2) to model a... read more
By James Brown in Stories in the media on Thursday, April 1, 2010
Many newspapers are today reporting the case involving Mr Vaughan QC and his ex-wife. According to reports they separated 29 years ago and the ex-wife has just been awarded a lump sum of £215,000. On the face of it this seems shocking - that a couple can separate so many years... read more
By James Brown in Family Law at Pannone on Wednesday, March 31, 2010
The Ministry of Justice has recently published research about the use of legal services. The research has revealed a startling fact - 83% of people surveyed agreed with the statement "most people wouldn't know how to tell a good legal services provider from a bad one." The family team... read more
According to the statistics for the fourth year running those in their twenties have the highest divorce rate of any age group. What difficulties do you face if you are young and your marriage has ended? Most of those divorcing in their twenties are unlikely to have been married for very long... read more
According to the most recent divorce figures published by the Office of National Statistics, of the 121,547 divorces in the year ending 2008, almost 21,000, or 17%, were based on one or other spouse having committed adultery. Many people assume that if their partner has... read more
By Phillip Rhodes in Family law in the news on Monday, March 22, 2010
Plummeting marriage rates, rocketing divorce statistics and the latest celebrity splits… these are just a few of the stories to hit the headlines over recent weeks. But it’s not all doom and gloom… The government’s “Support for All – the Families and Relationships Green Paper” published on... read more
I attended a seminar at the weekend at which Jasvinder Sanghera was speaking. The session was focused on the issue of Forced Marriage. Jasvinder’s thoughts were extremely powerful and served as an important reminder of the protection available under the Forced Marriages Act 2007. The... read more
By Joanne Radcliff in Family law in the news on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The tabloid papers often say that celebrities have obtained a ‘quickie’ divorce. Most recently we have seen reference to David Seaman’s recent divorce in this way, and the suggestion that his marriage was ended in a matter of seconds. So what does this mean and can you ever really get a quickie... read more
