Coronavirus – will it make or break your relationship?

Lindsey Canning Lindsey Canning 14 April 2020
Coronavirus – will it make or break your relationship?

There has been a lot of speculation and coverage in the media about the impact coronavirus may have on divorce rates. The news headlines predict that, following the Government imposed lockdown due to coronavirus…


Co-parenting during the Coronavirus outbreak

Lindsey Canning Lindsey Canning 27 March 2020
Co-parenting during the Coronavirus outbreak

With non-essential travel, social distancing, self-isolation and school closures enforced across the UK, how best can you manage co-parenting during the coronavirus outbreak? Lindsey Canning, head of Family Law…


Entered into a civil partnership? You need to update your Will

Breda Cashell Breda Cashell 05 February 2020
Entered into a civil partnership? You need to update your Will

Opposite-sex couples entering into register civil partnerships should consider how this will affect their existing Wills. The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019, passed by Lords late last…


Road to end blame game divorces’ starts

Lindsey Canning Lindsey Canning 09 January 2020
Road to end blame game divorces’ starts

Legislation to stop divorcing couples blaming each other for the breakdown of their marriage has begun its passage through Parliament. In one of the biggest shake-ups of divorce laws for 50 years, the Divorce,…


First registrations of opposite-sex civil partnerships set for New Year’s Eve

Wake Smith Solicitors 21 November 2019
First registrations of opposite-sex civil partnerships set for New Year’s Eve

Opposite-sex couples will be able to register civil partnerships in England and Wales from 31 December 2019 after secondary legislation was approved in the House of Lords. Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples)…


Are temperatures and tempers rising?

Wake Smith Solicitors 08 July 2019
Are temperatures and tempers rising?

Continental Europe has been basking in a heatwave and after a very wet spring, summer may just have arrived in the UK. It is probable that you have already pre-booked your summer holidays abroad or you may be planning…


Plans to change decades’ old divorce laws

Wake Smith Solicitors 10 April 2019
Plans to change decades’ old divorce laws

Divorcing couples will no longer be forced to play the blame game under legislative reform being proposed by the Government. Justice Secretary David Gauke has said laws for no-fault divorce will be introduced as…


It’s (apparently) the most wonderful time of the year!

Wake Smith Solicitors 05 December 2018
It’s (apparently) the most wonderful time of the year!

Christmas is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, or so the song goes, but for some couples, the thought of spending time with their other half for a prolonged period of “fake fun” is just too much…


How legislation moulds our lives

Wake Smith Solicitors 09 November 2018
How legislation moulds our lives

There is a catchily titled bill going through Parliament at the moment called “The Civil Partnerships Marriages and Deaths (registration etc) Bill 2017 to 2019”. Whilst the title is not necessarily going to grab…


Divorce and pensions – full and frank disclosure

Wake Smith Solicitors 24 September 2018
Divorce and pensions – full and frank disclosure

Pensions have never been a more important consideration for divorcing couples. The family home is often considered to be the most valuable asset, but pensions can be a forgotten income and potentially the second…


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