What is a Public Law Outline (PLO) meeting? 29th March 2017 When Social Worker’s are concerned about the welfare of a child they may invite parents to a Public Law Outline […] Categories: Children Law and Social Services Intervention
Choosing your child’s school 29th March 2017 It’s that time of year again. Many parents and carers will have applied for their child to go to a […] Categories: Children, Mediation & Collaboration
Marrying later in life 28th March 2017 On 14 March 2017 the office of National Statistics released the latest marriage data regarding couples marrying in England […] Categories: Pre-Nuptial and Cohabitation Agreements
No fault, no foul? 27th March 2017 Last week in the much reported and discussed case of Owens v Owens, the Court of Appeal upheld the original […] Categories: Divorce & Separation
Children in need being failed by social care system 22nd March 2017 Vanessa Pridis looks at a new report on the failure of the system to keep pace with rising numbers of […] Categories: Children Law and Social Services Intervention
The myths of common law spouses 15th March 2017 “I’ve lived with my partner for over 5 years so now we’re common law spouses?” Many people have the misconception […] Categories: Pre-Nuptial and Cohabitation Agreements
Court rules against heterosexual couple seeking civil partnership 22nd February 2017 The Court has ruled against a heterosexual couple seeking to enter into a Civil Partnership instead of a marriage. Rebecca […] Categories: Uncategorized
Is it ‘unreasonable’ to want to get divorced? 21st February 2017 The recent case involving Tini Owens has been in the headlines. The Court of Appeal refused her permission to get […] Categories: Divorce & Separation, News
Cohabitees pension rights on death 15th February 2017 Denise Brewster lived in an unmarried relationship for 10 years with Lenny McMullen until Mr McMullen’s death on Boxing Day […] Categories: Pre-Nuptial and Cohabitation Agreements
Speaking out against Female Genital Mutilation 7th February 2017 This week marks the start of the Red Triangle initiative which aims to encourage people to give police information to […] Categories: Children, Legal Aid, Support & Resources