Family Law

UK wealth managers Brewin Dolphin has created its own family law accreditation qualification in England & Wales, aimed at better equip its financial advisers with the areas of family law wealth advisers are expected to know

A husband will appeal to the Supreme Court today (9 December) for his wife’s claims for financial maintenance after their divorce to be heard in Scotland instead of England

When the breakdown of a relationship crosses international borders, it increases the legal complexity and arguments at an already stressful time

Divorces of opposite-sex couples decreased by 10.6 percent in 2018 to 90,871

Married or civil partner couples remain the most common family type in 2019, representing two-thirds of families in the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS)

According to UK private client law firm Boodle Hatfield, the estranged wife of TV presenter Ant McPartlin may be using the threat of publicity as a negotiating tool in order to achieve a more generous financial settlement

National law firm Irwin Mitchell has appointed Zahra Pabani as a partner in its family law team

Reports recently that pop star Robbie Williams and his wife Ayda Field are planning to go to Hawaii with their family and surrogate who carried their one-year old daughter might have some scratching their heads about just how this complex surrogate relationship works – especially when many may assume this contact comes to an end once the baby is born

Singer Adele recently filed for divorce from her husband of three years. Adele’s divorce will take place in the US but if it had taken place in the UK, her ex-spouse may have argued for a share of up to 50 percent of her wealth, private client law firm Boodle Hatfield has noted

As all parents well know, as much as children can bring much joy and happiness to families, they also come with financial costs such as nursery fees, school fees, day to day housing costs, university, weddings and help to buying first homes