Family Law Blog
Comment on divorce & family law
By Woolley & Co, on Tuesday June 19, 2018 at 9:58 am
There’s a wealth of great content across the web that can help you with all matters Family Law, and there’s no better place to go for it than YouTube. Whilst there are plenty of Family Law websites out there with handy guides and articles on related topics, nothing lets you…
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By Michelle Brammer, on Thursday April 26, 2018 at 9:37 am
You would think that the answer to this question is obvious, wouldn’t you? To advise on the divorce law of course, but it is not as simple as that. Whilst there is the obvious benefit of having proper legal advice before you divorce or separate there are many other reasons…
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By Catherine Edmondson, on Wednesday April 18, 2018 at 9:59 am
Trying to reach an agreement about child contact with non-resident parents, especially when the situation may feel raw, can be difficult. However, the main focus has to be what is in the best interests of the child, rather than what you ideally want or what you feel you should be…
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By Michelle Brammer, on Thursday April 12, 2018 at 11:00 am
When families are split apart by divorce – or simply relationship breakdown for unmarried couples – there is no question that younger children suffer more than anyone else. No matter how hard it is on the grown-ups involved, the children’s world will never be the same. Everything they have known…
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By Judith Buckland, on Wednesday April 11, 2018 at 11:52 am
Making the decision to split from a spouse can be one of the hardest things that many people will do. Once they have made the decision and set the wheels in motions there is a seemingly endless list of “to dos” to get things sorted before they can move on…
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By Karen Agnew-Griffith, on Wednesday March 28, 2018 at 11:47 am
How many times can you be divorced from the same person? As many times as you marry them is the honest answer. Just ask Liz Taylor and Richard Burton. But if you only marry a person once, you can only be divorced once? True or false? Well, in the case…
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By Karen Agnew-Griffith, on Thursday March 22, 2018 at 10:29 am
I keep hearing that our court system is broken or on the verge of collapse. I have to say I am inclined to agree. Last year I went to court with a client about the arrangements for his children. One of the issues was a holiday abroad in the school…
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By Sian Winter, on Thursday March 15, 2018 at 9:39 am
As a family law solicitor, it never ceases to amaze me how wasteful the court system is, in more ways than one. Anyone who has attended a hearing at court as part of their family proceedings, will have an idea of just how much paper is generated for those few…
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By Nick Wiseman, on Thursday March 8, 2018 at 10:37 am
Archers fans may be reeling with the death of Nic Grundy, but there’s another issue that’s been exercising the minds of family lawyers in recent weeks. How are Pip Archer and Toby Fairbrother going to manage as parents? And how much of their legal responsibility they have yet come to…
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By Kate Brooks, on Wednesday February 28, 2018 at 11:05 am
For divorce lawyers, encountering people trying to hide assets that form part of the matrimonial pot is nothing new. What is new is the in which parties may try and achieve this. In divorce proceedings the courts of England and Wales take a pretty robust approach and require that both…
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By Woolley & Co, on Thursday February 22, 2018 at 9:41 am
A divorce or separation is often hardest on the children. Most separating parents are keen to make sure that their children are protected from harm. Unfortunately, not every parent realises the impact of their own actions on the well-being of their child. In this guest blog Soila Sindiyo of, Parenting…
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By Woolley & Co, on Wednesday February 14, 2018 at 10:37 am
It’s been widely reported that the Government is to take a good look again at civil partnerships. Earlier this month saw the second reading of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill in the Commons, which seeks to see how the Government can extend civil partnerships to opposite-sex…
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