What are the circumstances in which a firm of solicitors may be restrained from acting for a client in a family law case? Following my post earlier this week, I have decided to take a closer look at this question. After all, the circumstances in which an application may be made to debar a particular firm are not set in stone and there isn’t a great deal of jurisprudence on the subject. Marco …
After a wonderful holiday in Israel, it was a pleasure to return to work and start afresh. Then, as I read through the emails that had been sent by blog readers, I noticed one recurring theme. It is …
One of my jobs at Stowe Family Law is to carry out file reviews. Every month I pore over each file’s contents, read the correspondence, look at the documents and think long and hard about the …
If one party wants the divorce to be finalised but the other does not, and the parties’ finances have not been resolved, may the decree absolute be delayed? Let’s begin with the basics. The divorce process in England is conducted in three …
I have written on more than one occasion about “Silver Divorce”: the rise of divorce amongst couples in their 50s and 60s. For this group, the stigma of divorce has more or less gone. People …
A partnership is broadly defined as members of a common business venture. I like that description, with its emphasis on “business”. Ideally, the client and the family lawyer work together through the legal process until it reaches its natural conclusion. Our relationship throughout is strictly commercial, with input from each partner. Our contributions are naturally different, but more or …
What would you like to know about divorce? Lots of first-time visitors to this blog arrive here after typing their questions about divorce and family law directly into Google and other search engines. Other readers submit enquiries to the comments section, or contact me directly. Tomorrow (Wednesday 6 January) I will be appearing on the GMTV with Lorraine programme, which begins at 8:35 am, to …
This is the view of the River Lune from the cemetery in Kirby Lonsdale, Cumbria, North West England. The great art critic and social thinker John Ruskin described the scene as “one of the finest …
“Our society in England and Wales now urgently demands a second attempt by Parliament, better than in the ill-fated Part II of the Act of 1996, to reform the five ancient bases of divorce; …
The latest UK divorce statistics show that a marriage ending in divorce has, on average, lasted 11.7 years. This has given rise to a new term: the “11-year itch”. So why get married? Because it is still seen as the right thing to do? Because it …
I was interviewed for a feature in The Mail on Sunday’s YOU magazine, which focused upon “amicable” divorces that descend into bitter battles. I would like to emphasise that not every spouse …
I left Chicago with a stack of magazines for the eight-hour flight back to London. The glossy pages were filled with images of smiling women with smooth skins and flawless complexions. Do these faces have their place in everyday reality? Surely I cannot be the Western world’s only woman over 30 who has succumbed to gravity and resisted the lure of Restylane, Botox and other cosmetic …
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Q&A on finances and divorce with Marilyn Stowe – Wednesday February 8th
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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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