National chair of family law trade body Resolution, Nigel Shepherd, has called on major political parties to commit to modernising family justice in their manifestos.

In a letter to each of the major parties, Mr Shepherd made four proposals, which Resolution claims will “make a huge, positive difference to the lies of the hundreds of thousands of people that separate each year”.

The proposals are as follows:

- Allow couples to divorce without blame

- Give cohabiting couples, who make u...