Legal

The Queen’s Speech – delivered in the UK Houses of Parliament this week - has brought ‘no fault’ divorce back onto the agenda

The number of civil partnerships formed in England and Wales increased by 5.3 percent in 2018 to 956

Global corporate, funds and trust services provider Estera has launched legal services in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands

Eight finalists have secured £50,000 each in funding to develop technological solutions to broaden access to legal services in England and Wales

This month Tax Titbits focuses on recent tax cases which comment on key areas for those advising private clients on their offshore structures or assisting them with their compliance obligations

A new 'one stop shop' webpage providing solicitors and law firms with easy access to resources designed to help prepare for the introduction of our new Standards and Regulation on 25 November, has been launched by the UK Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)

Fundamental changes are needed in the family courts in order to prioritise mental health in children and parents, lawyers at Irwin Mitchell have said

A client of law firm Mishcon de Reya has launched a crowdfunding campaign on CrowdJustice seeking to challenge intra-governmental legislation which she believes breaches her fundamental rights to data protection and privacy.

Many hoped 2019 would be a significant one for family law reform – an area which many argue is in desperate need of modernisation. However, new legislation such as the Domestic Abuse Bill and the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill, which would see the introduction of no-fault divorce, are now under threat due to the current political climate....

Scarle v Scarle- judge upholds the presumption that the older person is deemed to have died first in an inheritance battle