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Archive for August 2010

Rites of Passage in the Eternal City: what will survive of us is love

What’s the best way to attend a wedding? There must be a better way if, like me, you don’t particularly enjoy getting poshed up all day, making small talk with people you barely know, sitting ramrod-straight and getting up and down …

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Cuts to family law legal aid: an update

Further to my recent posts about savage cuts to family law legal aid in England and Wales, I would like to thank those who have contacted me or left comments, on this blog and on Solicitors Journal, with their thoughts. I am pleased to learn that …

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"Law will tear us apart"

Cuts to family law legal aid, prenuptial agreements, Tchenguiz v Imerman… Regular readers will have noted that I hold some strong views about the latest family law developments and their implications for divorcing couples up and down the …

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"We must help the grandparents hit by divorce"

From the Opinion pages of the Yorkshire Post, 10/08/2010. We must help the grandparents hit by divorce By Marilyn Stowe AFTER more than 25 years in family law, I am not easily shocked. However the plight of many grandparents, within a legal …

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Legal aid solicitors and Grahame Stowe Bateson: what will the Legal Services Commission do next?

Readers may have learned from the media about the scandal surrounding the savage cuts to legal aid in family law cases. If you aren’t aware of what has happened, please let me enlighten you. You will be shocked, not just by what has happened, …

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The Imerman judgement: does this picture ring true?

When I read the Imerman judgement, there is one passage that jumps off the page and startles me. It is this reference to a marital lifestyle: “If a husband leaves his bank statement lying around open in the matrimonial home, in the kitchen, …

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Split hearings: what will happen now? By guest blogger James Thornton

A split hearing can be summarised as a hearing divided into two parts. During the first part the court makes findings of fact on issues identified by the parties or the court. During the second part the court, drawing upon the findings it has made, …

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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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