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 legitimises children? Because it gives out a strong image of stability? Why 11 years? Is it because this is the average length of time it takes to …
From the comment pages of the Yorkshire Post, 23/10/2009. Divorced from reality in the 21st century By Marilyn Stowe WE should all be raising glasses this week to celebrate the 40th anniversary of …
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 …
I have noticed that many new visitors arrive at this blog after entering questions about their predicaments into Google. I asked Cheshire divorce lawyer Robin Charrot if he could help out with some …
How healthy is divorce litigation for everyone involved: clients, their families, the lawyers and others? How healthy is it for anyone involved in these cases? Paranoia is a profound distrust or suspicion of others, which goes hand-in-hand with the belief that one is being persecuted. In divorce, these feelings can have some basis in reality. There may indeed be someone out to get you. Usually, …
A recent headline in The Daily Mail read: Husband who became a millionaire AFTER divorce not obliged to give ex wife more money, judges rule. This was the Walkden case, heard in the Court of Appeal, which was described by one of the barristers involved as “the flip side of the decision of this court in Myerson v Myerson“. I don’t agree with that description. Newspapers …
If anyone knew every type of human condition, if anyone felt every type of emotion, and had the gift to show his feelings so nakedly to the world, it was Caravaggio. Fast forward to the 21st century …
Love is created by three distinct brain systems: one for sex, one for romance and one for attachment. Each system is affiliated to a part of the brain.
Is it time to grab your trophy partner? “Tell me,” asked Mrs Merton famously to the glamourous Debbie McGee about her well-known magician husband, “what was it that first attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?” The …
I was asked if I would become a regular columnist for the leading online divorce portal First Wives World. It is a popular website, and I was delighted to accept the invitation.
If you never change your mind, why have one? How many Judges are brave enough to change their minds? How many would even take the time to consider they may have been wrong – and then publicly do something about it? There is a lot of comment in today’s papers about the scandalous case of William Paulin, who tried to declare himself bankrupt – despite earning £100,000 a year …
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