Pre Nups
Do they put the financially weaker party at a disadvantage from the outset? What do you think?
View ArticleFamily law’s new face(book)
The Telegraph has reported that Facebook is fuelling many modern day divorces. Indeed, one law firm has said that one in five of the divorce petitions they see refer to Facebook, with exchanges of...
View ArticleInternational child abduction
Recently I posted a blog on child abduction prevention looking at precautions parents can take in the event of suspected child abduction. The well publicised case of Aleksandra Abou-El-Ella shows just...
View ArticleCan mediation always rise to the occassion?
Mediation is a popular method of resolving family law disputes in the UK. Rightly so, it gives power to the parties themselves to decide their fate. The idea is that a neutral third-party can...
View ArticleClean break via a pre-nuptial agreement
The Financial Times recently reported that professionals in the City and those working abroad are increasingly turning to pre-nuptial agreements in order to protect the savings and investments...
View ArticleWe’re “consciously uncoupling”, what happens next?
The idea of “conscious uncoupling” has attracted a great deal of attention in the last week following the announcement of Gwyneth Paltrow’s divorce from Chris Martin. In short, they have decided to...
View ArticleFather ordered to return his son to the UK after losing case
A UK court has ordered a father who kept his son in Singapore with his parents to return him to the UK. The couple met and married in Singapore in 2011. The mother originated from Mongolia. The father...
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