Family Law

Judgment has been handed down in the case of DR v UG [2023] EWFC 68 following a trial in the High Court heard by Mr Justice Moor in March 2023

London law firm Payne Hicks Beach has promoted Joshua Moger to partner in its family team

Family chambers 4PB’s joint head of chambers Barbara Mills KC has been elected as vice chair for the Bar Council for 2024

The “Twilight Zone” is the name we have given to the period of time when a person has mental capacity in the legal sense, but some impairment, such as dementia, affects their cognitive abilities

The UK government is enabling extended family members seeking to provide long-term, stable care for vulnerable children to access free legal advice

Last month marked one year since ‘no-fault’ divorce legislation was introduced in England and Wales. Celebrated as a pioneering law which would usher in a new era for separating couples, The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 removed the need for parties to assign blame for a marriage breakdown 

The UK marriage rate fell below the divorce rate to the lowest number on record since 1838 in 2020, the Office of National Statistics’ annual marriage figures showed 

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UK law firm Kingsley Napley has promoted three to partner as part of its annual promotions round

The economic crisis may accelerate divorces amongst high net worth (HNW) individuals as the economic downturn impacts asset values, according to private client law firm Forsters