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February 1, 2012
Ten years ago, Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 – which allows an unmarried parent (usually the mother) to seek financial support for the child from the other parent – had little or no impact on the work I was doing; today, it accounts for perhaps one third of my caseload. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 16, 2012
Sir Paul Coleridge, one of the country’s most senior divorce judges, is to launch a pro-marriage pressure group. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Breakdown, courts, Divorce, Fairness, Marital finance, separation | Tags: acceptance, divorce, ending, separation | Comments Closed
August 17, 2011
The riots that brought madness and mayhem to the streets of our cities last week laid bare fractures in our society that Prime Minister David Cameron has chosen to label “broken Britain.” Read the rest of this entry »
February 25, 2010
Ashley Cole may be a fine footballer, but he wouldn’t win any medals for his ability to concoct plausible explanations for his licentious behaviour. When it was revealed a model had been sent naked photographs of the Chelsea and England player from his mobile phone, Cole said he had given the phone to a friend, who had passed it on to someone else. In other words, “It wasn’t me, Guv”! Read the rest of this entry »
September 18, 2009
One of the country’s most senior family lawyers, Baroness Deech, has criticised court awards to ex-wives of half a couple’s wealth. She says settlements that keep women in comfort at the expense of their former husbands should be scrapped – on the basis they are unfair to men and demeaning to women. Read the rest of this entry »
August 13, 2009
Pictures of Samantha Burke showing off her baby bump have appeared on the internet. The part-time model, who is seven months’ pregnant, looks happy and excited. As well she might do. For the 24-year-old American is believed to be demanding nearly £90,000 a year from the baby’s father, British actor Jude Law - £6,000-a-month child maintenance and £1,200 a month for rent and bills. Read the rest of this entry »
July 2, 2009
The first high profile ex-couple to feel the effect of new legislation that allows the media into family courts in England and Wales are Earl Spencer and his estranged wife Caroline. Read the rest of this entry »