It has been reported this week that Phil Collins has said that he is still loves former wife Orianne Cevey, whom he married in 1999. Orianne was the singer’s third wife.  Hello! magazine has published details of the close relationship that Mr Collins still shares with the mother of his... read more

Last week, single parent charity Gingerbread published a nationwide league table detailing the amount of child maintenance arrears in each parliamentary constituency. Of the top 20 constituencies where money is owed to children by non-resident parents, Blackpool South came third. The arrears... read more

It is now just over a year since the family courts in England and Wales opened their doors to accredited members of the media. Reactions at the time were mixed: advocates of the change welcomed the openness that access would provide and help demystify the role of the courts in family... read more

The European Commission has proposed new rules which would allow married couples from certain European countries to choose which country’s law should apply to their divorce. Practitioners have welcomed the certainty, predictability and flexibility that can be achieved by the proposals. The... read more

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

It’s that time of year again – office parties, boozy lunches or a quick drink at the Christmas markets after work. But don’t fall into the trap of becoming one of the post-Christmas divorce statistics. Divorce lawyers frequently cite the period just after Christmas as one of their busiest... read more

The government has just published the latest insolvency statistics for the second quarter to June 2009. During this period, The Insolvency Service reported 33,073 individual insolvencies – an increase of 27.4% on the same period last year. This included 18,870 bankruptcies (up 15.3% on the... 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

Fans of the hit Channel 4 series, Desperate Housewives, will have seen the gradual breakdown over recent weeks of the marriage between Bree Van De Kamp and Orson Hodge. In this week’s episode, Bree (the wealthier of the two) embarked on a campaign to hide assets brought into the marriage in... read more

The Court of Appeal is to review the decision of Mrs Justice Baron in NG v KR – the widely reported case concerning pre-nuptial contracts. The wife, Katrin Radmacher, is a German paper industry heiress worth a reported £100m. Her husband, Nicolas Granatino, is French. They signed a... read more