Here at Pannone we have twenty two lawyers dealing soley with family law. We have the biggest family department outside of London. We handle over eight hundred divorces a year. We therefore have an enormous amount of experience of how people react when faced with problems in their... read more

Many people assume that pre-nuptial agreements are binding in this country, as they are in many other jurisdictions. This is not the case.  The authority of the court in England to divide a couple's assets after separation cannot be ousted.  If, however, such an agreement... read more

Last week Earl Spencer and his wife reached an agreement over the division of assets in their long running divorce. Reports suggest that it was a deal done at the eleventh hour to avoid their final hearing being played out in front of the media. Only hours before the agreement was... read more

After the unexpected death of the 'King of Pop' on Friday 25th June speculation is increasing about a likely custody battle over his three children, Prince Michael Joseph Jackson Junior, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince Michael II. Michael Jackson’s eldest two children were born... read more

Julia McFarlane – the wife in one of the two linked appeals giving rise to the ground-breaking House of Lords judgment, Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] UKHL 24, [2006] 1 FLR 24 – has successfully achieved an upward variation of her original maintenance order, leaving her with a... read more

Followers of celebrity gossip will have recently read of Gary Barlow’s apparent phobia of ballet pumps. Such is the extent of his fear that the Take That singer is even reported to have joked that he will divorce his wife if she adds another pair of the offending footwear to her collection. ... read more

The number of full-time fathers in Britain, who stay at home and look after their children, has gone up from 192,000 in April 2008 to 342,000 today - an 80 per cent increase in little over a year. New research has also confirmed that three-quarters of mothers see nothing wrong in men... read more

Last night the senior judge Mr Justice Coleridge made a speech to parliament in which he indicated that couples remaining married would be in the public interest. The judge stated that there needs to be a reaffirmation of marriage as the gold standard in society. He also stated that there... read more

Over the weekend The Times reported a divorce story where a wife had secured a divorce settlement of £220,000 over 22 years after the couple separated. When the couple separated in 1986 they didn't divorce nor did they agree a financial settlement. It may seem astounding that the wife was... read more

For those who watch the series, Hollyoaks, you will undoubtedly have seen the recent storyline involving Russ and Jackie.  Jackie has care of Max, the child born as a result of the liaison between Jackie's sister (now deceased) and Russ, the biological father.   ... read more