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Archive for September 2011

The Experts: Will the truth ever out post-Imerman?

This is a slightly expanded version of my latest post for The Times, which appears on The Experts blog today. It has now been more than a year since the landmark Court of Appeal judgment in the case of Imerman v Tchenguiz. The decision, condemned …

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The sound of the Shofar

After the stress of appearing on Woman’s Hour was over on Friday (I was awake at 5am wondering what questions I would be asked!), new tribulations swiftly appeared. I went for lunch with my son Ben and we started planning for the Jewish New Year, which begins tomorrow at sundown and continues until Friday night.

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Cohabitation on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour

I appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, alongside Harry Benson of the Bristol Community Family Trust, to discuss cohabitation and the Government’s abandonment of plans to give cohabiting couples greater legal protection.

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Reebok, Cartier and the Bolton Law Society Family Law Conference

Another week, another football stadium! This time, it's not Wembley but the Reebok Stadium: the home of Bolton Wanderers football team. It is also the venue for the Bolton Law Society Family Law Conference, which I chaired yesterday.

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Generation gap (From Solicitors Journal)

Here in the office, it’s trainee interview time. This year we are looking to take on three new trainees: chicken feed compared to the numbers taken on by large London commercial firms but, like them, we are looking for high-calibre candidates with the ability to think on their feet.

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The Experts: Government wrecks cohabitation reform in just 150 words

This is a slightly expanded version of my latest post for The Times, which appears on The Experts blog today. In 2005, the Government asked the Law Commission to report on possible changes to the law in relation to cohabitation. Two years later, …

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Overheard at the lawyer’s office…

Next week a “sound work” called Audio Obscura opens at St. Pancras rail station in London. Armed with headphones, participants enter the crowd. As they pass through the station, they “overhear” fragments of conversations and stories going on around them.

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The Experts: Why should middle class disorder escape punishment?

With the events of my great weekend at Wembley recorded on this blog, some people have asked me about the non-appearance of my husband. Was he at Wembley too?

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Announcing the Summer Competition winner: what next for the Chocolate Box Family?

Earlier this month I gave you, my readers, a fictional scenario.  I described a family falling apart at the seams, and asked what advice you would give them. Could this marriage be saved and if so, how? If Tom and Gwen divorced, what would a fair …

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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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