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Archive for December 2007

A New Year, a new beginning?

I am always bemused when newspapers claim that the start of the New Year is the busiest time of year for divorce lawyers. Sitting at my desk today, utterly exhausted, I would beg to disagree. In last week’s run up to the holidays, a client …

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Special celebrations strike the right chord

The Maynard School was founded 350 years ago by Sir John Maynard, a Cromwellian Roundhead with visionary ambition for the education of girls in Devon. The school at Exeter marked its 350-year milestone this week when I was honoured to be asked to …

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Will the bucks fizzle out?

“The Courts have been waiting eagerly for a pre-nup test case like this…” Pamela Harriman the late daughter-in-law of Winston Churchill was as renowned for her political foresight in supporting the then unknown but coincidentally …

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Call a Christmas truce

“If soldiers could declare a truce at Christmas, why can’t warring parents? Even in the midst of war, there can be peace.” At the darkest time of the year, for people of many faiths, a light comes shining through the darkness. …

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A law unto herself…

I have been profiled in the latest issue of Yorkshire Today magazine. The full interview is after the jump. (more…)

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Marilyn Stowe is the senior partner in Stowe Family Law, which has offices in Yorkshire, Cheshire and London. With more than 25 years’ experience handling divorce cases and family law proceedings she is regarded as one of the most formidable and sought after divorce lawyers in the UK.

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Note

I write for the benefit of those who are experiencing family breakdown and for fellow family law professionals. Please note that all persons mentioned in the scenarios are fictitious: details have been deliberately changed in order to protect identities and other confidential circumstances of my clients.

Please also note the advice I give in each scenario must not be relied upon by anyone reading my blog. You must always take your own legal advice as your circumstances may be different and English family law is continually changing.

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