An interesting case was heard in Leeds Crown Court last month. A man was found guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice, after forging his disabled wife’s signature on divorce documents in order to divorce her without her …
Some spouses go prepared. A Financial Dispute Resolution (FDR) is a court appointment during which a divorcing couple can be helped towards a financial settlement. I usually welcome these hearings, but with new costs rules in place I have noticed …
It isn’t often that I decide to do this, but I have just dashed off a letter to The Independent. I have been moved to write in response to this excellent piece by Howard Jacobson. Sir, Caryl Churchill’s controversial play Seven Jewish …
Whenever I’m on my travels, I like to visit bookshops. I spend hours checking out the latest books about relationships and relationship breakdowns, usually over cups of coffee in Borders. Over the years I have passed on a number of the best …
Rachel Roberts joined Stowe Family Law in 2002 as a trainee solicitor. Since qualification in 2004, she has become one of the key senior solicitors in the practice. Notable highlights of her career to date were the location and securing by way of an …
A few months ago we received a call from the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester, about a planned exhibition called Witness: Women War Artists. They were looking for a “strong woman” to be associated with the exhibition. Would we be …
With a headline of “Men become richer after divorce” adorning a page in the Observer recently, I felt compelled to write a response to Amelia Hill’s article, which was published this weekend on the paper’s letters page. The …
Spring renewal – for body and mind
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