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Stowe Family Law Confidential: our new tumblr

Yes, Stowe Family Law now has its own tumblr! With new offices opening and solicitors joining us, our tumblr is a way for our growing team to keep up-to-date with events and developments from elsewhere within the firm. At the same time it is there for everyone to read, from clients past and present to

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Court rejects bid to appeal overseas divorce ruling

A Bulgarian national has been refused permission to appeal a court ruling that overseas divorce proceedings should not be recognised. in the UK.

Yordanova and Iordanov concerned the marriage of the man to a Russian woman at the

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Sharia family rulings endangering women and children, CPS claims

Some Sharia courts are endangering Muslim woman and children, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has claimed.

Undercover filming for BBC documentary Panorama has revealed traditional Islamic Sharia courts telling women to meet up with violent partners, or give custody for of their

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Children must wait three years to be adopted in half of London boroughs

Children in care face a three year wait to be homed with adoptive families in half of London boroughs, new figures suggest.

An “adoption map” of London, published today by the Department for Education,

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Successful businesswoman could face childbirth alone as her Japanese husband cannot obtain a visa

A 35 year-old businesswoman may have to give birth without her Japanese husband as they struggle to meet new visa rules.

London product designer Marianne Bailey married Kei Yamamoto, 30, last October but he

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Thoughts in unexpected places!

It has been an unusual week! While we all shiver beneath a winter that seems especially reluctant to give way spring this year, just a few days ago a time capsule was buried beneath the grounds of the still-under-construction JW3 Jewish Community Centre on the

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Gay couples trapped by divorce laws, claims US organisation

Gay marriage is a regular topic on this blog and quite rightly so, I believe. Same sex marriage has risen to the top of the international family law agenda like few other issues in recent years. Not so long ago, it was a rarely discussed pipedream – now we are well

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Businessman fails in bid to prevent divorce after map-reading row

A property investor whose wife divorced him after an argument over map reading has been refused permission to appeal an order granting her a divorce.

Mark Howell, from Kennington in south London, rowed with his wife Nalini during a

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London man jailed for fake marriages ‘conveyor belt’

A London man has been jailed after masterminding a ‘conveyor belt’ sham marriage scheme.

Tevfick Souleiman, 39, received ten year s for his part in a multi-million pound scheme which staged thousands of fake marriages between 2004 and 2011.

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High Court disapproves of home visit by judge

High Court judge Mrs Justice Baron has expressed formal disapproval of visits made by a district judge to the home of a woman involved in a residence case.

The judge was considering an appeal in the case of AMV v RM, which concerned care

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Charity plans Christmas day event for care leavers

London volunteer group the Topé Project is to host a special event in London on Christmas Day for people who have left care and are now living on their own in the capital.

Christmas in the Crypt will be held at a special location, with attendees given a free taxi ride to

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Metropolitan Police launch domestic abuse crackdown

The Metropolitan Police has arrested 264 alleged domestic abusers since Monday in an operation timed to coincide with White Ribbon Day., also known as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Towards Women.

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Come to London and get divorced, says Boris

London Mayor Boris Johnson has called on international billionaire’s wives to travel to London if they wish to divorce their wealthy other halves.

Speaking at the annual CBI conference, the famously forthright mayor hailed the capital as

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News: London boroughs take ‘assembly line’ approach to care proceedings

Three major London boroughs have cut the amount of time required for care proceedings to go through the family court system by up to fifty per cent through the introduction of an assembly line process developed by car manufacturer Toyota.

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Glorious London and a birthday to remember

It is a pleasure to walk to work early though Lincoln’s Inn Fields, taking in the fresh morning air before it becomes too hot.

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Lonely city, lonely heart: the difficulty of reconciling a broken marriage

Working in London is very different from our other two offices. Travelling to Harrogate I'm used to a leisurely short drive through gorgeous Yorkshire scenery, parking easily and then enjoying a comparatively relaxed pace of life I had never before fully appreciated...until now.

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A Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year

I am very grateful to you all for following my blog, and I would like to wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas. In the words of Jose Feliciano, “I want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart”. I have always loved his song ‘Feliz Navidad’.

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“The Stowe-Bot”

This Christmas gift made me laugh at the end of a hectic week. It is an illustration inspired by a tongue-in-cheek comment I made on this blog, in response to a reader who thanked me for some advice.

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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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“Divorce Day” and a New Year’s Resolution: make the most of what you have

New Year's Day 2011: my husband makes a miraculous recovery “How about a bottle of your Montagny Premiere Cru?” asked my husband in his best courtroom voice. We were having lunch in Scott’s Restaurant in London on New Year’s Day. …

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Faith, the law and freedom of speech

Was I on holiday a little more than a week ago? I can’t believe I was. I returned to an unexpected roller coaster of a week that has almost derailed the memories of fabulous food, sunshine and gorgeous views. It was back to work with a …

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Stowe Family Law wants YOU

Our offices in Yorkshire and Cheshire are busier than ever and our newest office, off High Holborn, is set to open early next year.  We are looking for senior solicitors to join our teams in all these locations and, since I know that plenty of …

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Marilyn’s Thought For The Day

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

- Albert Camus

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About Marilyn

Marilyn Stowe is the senior partner in Stowe Family Law, which has offices in Yorkshire, Cheshire and London. With more than 30 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. In 2012, Marilyn became one of the first solicitors to qualify as a family law arbitrator.

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