I must admit it has been a busy few months at Stowe Family Law. What with an intake of new clients, mediation training for our senior team and more lawyers joining us – not to mention supervising the ongoing building work at our London office …
So it has finally happened. The new Millennium began with a bang in the form of the White v White case, and ten years later we’ve started the new decade with a similarly momentous development following the Supreme Court’s long awaited …
From my new Solicitors Journal column “Family Business”, 19/10/2010. Dial ‘M’ for mediation By Marilyn Stowe Despite the annual media hype about “Divorce D-Day” – the first Monday back at work after Christmas, supposedly the …
From the Law section of The Times website, 19/10/2010. Prenuptial agreements are great – for the rich By Marilyn Stowe After nearly seven months of deliberation, it is ironic timing that as the Government announces swingeing cuts to the …
I recently listened to a morning radio programme on which three counsellors gave advice to a young girl who had written in to the show. Her father had been widowed for ten years and had met another woman nearly twenty years younger than him. His …
What a week! I don’t know about you but I stayed up way beyond my usual bedtime, heart in my mouth, to catch the start of the Chilean miners’ rescue – and I got up very early the next morning to see how it had gone through the night. I found …
Children tend to cause more problems than any other area of family law. Few areas change so much, or are as nuanced and complex. I’ve recently read a wealth of legal articles and cases that illustrate the breadth of issues affecting them, but …
It is a personal story that, on the face of it, has little to do with family law and family life. However my client asked me if I would post it on my blog, because she thinks what I told her may also help people who are frightened of facing the future.
Cohabitation is a complex area of family law and one that becomes more confused and murky by the week. Take property ownership. Very often cohabiting couples do not equally hold property, with one party having complete legal ownership. In other …
Marilyn Stowe is the Senior Partner at Stowe Family Law LLP. Stowe Family Law LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. SRA ref 469401. Stowe Family Law LLP is registered with Companies House, ref. 331570, and registered for VAT, number 918 5722 04. A list of members is available for inspection at our Harrogate office.
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