Archive for February, 2012
Child Contact
Children’s rights to see both parents after separation are often in the spotlight. Tim Loughton, Children’s Minister, asked for the law regarding child contact to be reviewed and has stated that there is a...
Recession blamed for rise in divorce rate
On 8 December 2011 the Office of National Statistics published a report setting out the divorce statistics for 2010. For the first time since 2003 the number of divorces in England and Wales rose....
Supreme Court Judgement on Cohabitants
The Supreme Court has recently been considering the issue of the division of a family home when a cohabiting couple separates in the case of Jones –v-Kernott. For many years family lawyers have been...
Hoping to win the Lottery?
Many people dream of winning the lottery and becoming overnight millionaires, giving up work, buying a big house and flashy new cars, boats, holidays….the list goes on. But have you ever thought how much...
Chris Huhne and Perverting the Course of Justice
The recent decision by the Crown Prosecution Service to charge former cabinet minister, Chris Huhne and his estranged wife, Vicky Price, with an offence of perverting the course of justice has thrown this offence...
