Solicitors, barristers, judges and students all descended upon the University of Leeds yesterday. The Law Commission’s high-profile consultation on family law reform had come to the city for a special event hosted by Stowe Family Law.
As nice as it is to be recognised by your peers, glitzy award ceremonies just play to lawyers egos rather than provide any reputational capital, says Marilyn Stowe
Is any other profession as garlanded and as flattered as ours? It’s that time of the year again, with peer awards
My uncle, Malcolm Sorkin, inspired me to be a lawyer. He was a well-known criminal lawyer in Leeds. I worked for him when I was 18 and I was going to work for him once I’d qualified but he and my aunt were killed in a plane crash. They left two little girls
Mark Langridge is the gay sperm donor who has been ordered to pay maintenance by the CSA.
In the wee small hours of the morning is the title to a song made famous by the late, great, Frank Sinatra. It was composed by David Mann and the lyrics were written by Bob Hilliard at a post midnight session at Hilliard’s home in 1955.
Viewers called and emailed ITV This Morning with their questions about divorce and Christmas.
Some of my more fashion-conscious readers may have noticed that when I appeared on Daybreak yesterday, I was wearing a blue Carven dress with a high white stand up collar.
Carven is a particularly fashionable label at present
Yesterday I appeared on the BBC's current affairs debate programme, Sunday Morning Live.
My latest Divorce Clinic took place on ITV This Morning today, with questions from viewers.
Getting involved with clients might put you in a difficult position when billing for your work.
Today the Law Commission opens its supplementary consultation on needs and non-matrimonial property.
I appeared on This Morning to answer questions about infidelity for the programme’s Divorce Clinic.
My latest post is the featured slideshow on the Huffington Post's popular Divorce section.
When you find yourself on the other side of that desk, it makes for an enlightening experience.
Today I appeared on ITV This Morning, answering viewers’ questions for the programme’s Divorce Clinic.
Although either parent, or indeed both parents can be implacably hostile, this term is usually levied at mothers by fathers.
Instead of developing a ‘divorce by app’ scheme the government should consider allowing ‘no-win, no-fee’ in family cases, says Marilyn Stowe. It has finally happened. After a slow and agonising demise legal aid has met its end at the hands of the coalition.
Cohabitation and the legal rights (or lack of them) enjoyed by unmarried couples have been covered in detail on this blog over the years. Cohabitation is when couples live together as man or wife, with or without children, but without being married.
There is a lot of media interest in divorce and family law developments at the moment, and I had my fair share this weekend. It is very enjoyable to be asked to comment on all these topics, not least over this particular bank holiday.
On Wednesday 8th February I will be answering readers’ questions in real-time from 2pm to 4pm in our forums. If you have a general question concerning the financial implications of divorce that you would like answering, then please post it over the coming week, or during Wednesday afternoon.
I was recently invited to contribute to HuffPost Divorce, where you can now find a slideshow featuring my Top 10 Stereotypical Marriage Wreckers. Some appear to have struck a nerve with readers.
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.
Divorce & Splitting Up by Marilyn Stowe is the essential how-to book for anyone who is getting divorced or splitting up from a partner. Read more >>
"A must buy that really opens your eyes to what is involved if you are considering or going through a divorce." - Amanda Brown
"This will answer your questions in a way that non-lawyers can understand." - Miss P.
"This really has helped me to see that there is light at the end of the tunnel and I will come out of it a stronger person." - J
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