separation

Woman awaits sentencing after clearing ex-partners house of all belongings

by Slater & Gordon Lawyers April 15, 2014 Law

According to press reports recently, a woman from Swindon is awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of theft for emptying out her ex-partner’s house of all belongings, including carpets. According to the report, the woman arranged for a removal company to strip the property bare after discovering that her partner had been using various internet […]

Read the full blawg post →

Rise in Couples Choosing to Divorce after Less Than a Year Together

by Slater & Gordon Lawyers February 3, 2014 Law

In my experience some couples rush into marriage without considering the  financial consequences that marriage can bring. Couples can get swept away with  the romance of marriage and some turn their focus away from the relationship  towards creating a fairy tale wedding. Having a “perfect” wedding can be  expensive and this can put financial strain […]

Read the full blawg post →

Family Law Solicitor discusses Compulsory Mediation

by Slater & Gordon Lawyers January 8, 2014 Law

It has been reported in today’s press that new laws are due to be announced that will mean thousands of couples who Separate each year will have to consider mediation before they apply to court. In reforms included in the Children and Families Bill, a parent seeking a court order to resolve a dispute over […]

Read the full blawg post →

Thinking about a Divorce? our Family Law Solicitor offers some advice

by Slater & Gordon Lawyers January 3, 2014 Law

Christmas can be a wonderful time for families; a time to cherish with loved ones. However Christmas can also be one to remember for all the wrong reasons. There is so much pressure on families to be happy over the festive period; couples want everything to be perfect at Christmas and some do not anticipate […]

Read the full blawg post →

Family Law Solicitor on why 180 Italian Divorces had to be annuled

by Slater & Gordon Lawyers October 31, 2013 Law

The Daily Mail online today reports that the most senior family judge of England and Wales has been asked to annul 180 divorces granted by courts in this country to Italians who had falsely claimed that they live here. It appears that, in 179 of these cases, the same address had been used, and that […]

Read the full blawg post →

Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood can’t have his cake and eat it says Family Law Solicitor

by Slater & Gordon Lawyers October 31, 2013 Law

It has been reported in the Daily Mail today that the Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood has said that cheating on his wife “was the biggest mistake” of his life. It has also been reported that he hopes to reconcile with his wife, Alexandra despite the fact that she has already issued divorce […]

Read the full blawg post →

Living separately, together

by Slater & Gordon Lawyers October 25, 2013 Law

The Mail Online has today published an article by Hilary Freeman about the difficulties that she and her (now) ex-husband faced when going through their Divorce. The article talks about how, due to financial constraints, they remained living together for a period of 2 years until their divorce was finalised and her ex-husband moved out. […]

Read the full blawg post →

Couples are struggling to separate due to the rise in Divorce costs

by Slater & Gordon Lawyers October 24, 2013 Law

The BBC reported last week that breaking up is getting even harder to do for couples nowadays. They attribute one of the causes as being the changes in the legal aid system brought about from April 2013. Essentially legal aid is now no longer available for assistance with a Divorce or separation other than in […]

Read the full blawg post →

How separated parents can deal with child contact and residency disputes

by Slater & Gordon Lawyers September 17, 2013 Law

People may well have seen reports this week of a case in the Court of Appeal dealing with a Mother’s refusal to allow contact between her son and his father. The reasons were in case the Father fed him meat in breach of his strict vegetarian diet, safety concerns, such as whether the child was […]

Read the full blawg post →

Divorce and Children – the hidden damage

by Slater & Gordon Lawyers September 5, 2013 Law

Today’s Daily Mail carries an article by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown which deals with the often hidden effects on children of the divorce or separation of their parents. The article mentions a documentary to be shown on BBC2 tonight at 9pm. I suspect that the programme will be difficult to watch but compelling nonetheless. The article comments […]

Read the full blawg post →

← Previous Entries