This post won Family Lore’s Post of the Month Award for July 2010. Yesterday the Court of Appeal made a landmark ruling that has been described as a “cheat’s charter”. You can read the details here. I must warn you in advance that this …
As previously noted, many first-time visitors to this blog arrive here after typing their questions about divorce and family law directly into Google and other search engines. I also receive a number of reader enquiries via the comments section and …
Isn’t summer supposed to be a quiet time? Frank Arndt, who heads Stowe Family Law’s international family law department, seems to be busier than ever – and not just because his team has recently been instructed in some very interesting …
Our offices in Yorkshire and Cheshire are busier than ever and our newest office, off High Holborn, is set to open early next year. We are looking for senior solicitors to join our teams in all these locations and, since I know that plenty of …
A client recently paid me a very kind but rather unusual compliment. “Every time I see you”, she said, “you smile at me – and it isn’t just any old smile, but a bright, confident one.” Apparently my smile brightens her day and does …
As a family lawyer, I like to think there is no dispute for which a solution cannot be found. No matter how polarised the clients are, and no matter how contrasting their arguments may be, at some point their disputes can and will be resolved. This …
This week’s edition of The Sunday Times carried a lurid headline, “An end to the goldmine divorce”, with accompanying pictures of the heiress Katrin Radmacher and her former husband Nicolas Granatino. The latter couple’s spectacular and …
It is often said that the world is now a smaller place, and recent events have had me thinking about this throwaway phrase. In 2010, are we really more of a “global community” than ever before? Yesterday, almost every male in our office was …
Moving on after divorce is more easily said than done, and as a family lawyer I see many clients at different stages of this process. Getting divorced is a traumatic and stressful period for both parties, no matter who is at fault or why the marriage broke down.
Over the past couple of weeks, the legal press has been buzzing with news of the demise of Halliwells, a large firm of solicitors based in Manchester. I was saddened to read about the firm’s fate. However I have been horrified by some of the …
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