I heard an excellent interview on Monday night on the radio during the recent debate in the House of Commons about the Marriage (Same Sex) Couples Bill. The excited presenter was crossing between the House of Commons, to find out…
When parents separate, decisions have to be made about where their children are going to live. The court’s view is that the parents are best left to make these arrangements for themselves, as long as there are no Social…
An FDR is a Financial Dispute Resolution hearing, a meeting held at court for the purposes of negotiation and discussion. It is the second of three court appointments in a financial remedy claim on divorce, in which the couple in…
Last month I was invited to talk to a national law firm’s Wealth Preservation team about pre-nups. To talk about pre-nups, you conversely need to start by talking about what happens if there is no pre-nup. What is the default…
I was asked to explain yesterday why divorcing couples insist on engaging solicitors. Would it not be easier if people sorted these things out for themselves? I had time to think this over whilst I was doing a triathlon yesterday.…
I heard this week on Radio 4’s Today programme that Dothraki is an actual language. For those of you who have not yet been caught up in the phenomenon that is Game of Thrones, this is the language spoken by…
I have noticed that there is often a difference between clients and their lawyers as to what they think is going to be the most important document in that divorce. A client’s goal is usually to secure the “Decree Absolute”, the…