It is New Year’s Eve and another year is about to begin. I always feel some trepidation when Big Ben begins to chime 12 and the first day of January begins. This year I feel more anxious than ever although, as always, I will aim to start the New Year in a positive frame of mind. Why not? No point worrying unduly unless it actually happens! In my last post I looked at the stand out cases of …
As we gallop towards the end of 2010 my thoughts have turned to just what has happened over the past 12 months. In particular, which has been the “stand out” family law case of this year? My …
This is an expanded version of my latest Family Business column in Solicitors Journal. Darkness is cheap A family solicitor’s Christmas Carol, by Marilyn Stowe Christmas is now upon us and …
Does it sometimes seem as if the very richest people think that wealth buys them immunity to say, do and act exactly as they please? The New York billionaire Leona Helmsley was nicknamed “The Queen of Mean” and once said, famously, that “only …
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 …
Earlier this week I appeared on BBC Radio Four’s popular PM programme to discuss a speech made by the President of the Family Division, Lord Justice Wall, to Families Need Fathers. Certain remarks of his have been picked up by newspapers – but the reports have omitted what I consider to be some of the most important and …
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 the Law Society, which represents the solicitors’ profession in England and Wales, has now notified the Legal Services Commission of its intention to …
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 …
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 …
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, …
This post won Family Lore’s Post of the Month Award for July 2010. Yesterday the Court of Appeal made a landmark ruling that has been described as a “cheat’s charter”. You can read the …
As a family lawyer, I like to think there is no dispute for which a solution cannot be found. No matter how polarised the clients are, and no matter how contrasting their arguments may be, at some point their disputes can and will be resolved. This week at Stowe Family Law, for example, our children lawyers have been especially busy. We have been instructed in a number of contact and residence …
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