The Law Commission has launched a review of the principles for financial provision following a divorce under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. This comes one year after “no fault divorce” which has been widely commended by both practitioners and divorcing couples.
Reason for the review...
Capital gains tax rules are changing to make it easier for divorcing couples to divide their assets following separation without incurring a tax charge, says a leading tax lawyer.
Paul Davies, who leads the private capital team at national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP, says...
"62% of households in the UK are now pet owners, so it is no surprise that one of the most common questions relating to divorce is: “what happens to the dog?”. This is an even more pertinent question following the rise of dog purchases...
As a new survey reveals the major impact a family breakdown can have on performance in the workplace, Law firms Payne Hicks Beach, Boyes Turner, Mills & Reeve and Laura Devine are among the first wave of law firms to sign up to a...
This year’s Family Mediation Week (16-20 January 2023) will see Leeds law firm Clarion host a programme of events designed for both those going through the divorce process and professional advisers to raise awareness of the benefits of family mediation for separating families and...
Written by Victoria Emens at RWK Goodman.
Family lawyers and others have welcomed the more amicable way of obtaining a divorce following the introduction of no‑fault divorce on 6 April 2022. The online divorce portal is now readily in use both by Litigants in Person...
