Family Law Reform From the Queens Speech
The recent Queen’s Speech contained a number of key family law reform for various areas of the law. In particular, the speech unveiled a set of proposals aimed at reforming family law. The biggest set of family law reform contained within the speech relates to care and adoption. The Children and Social Work Bill has […]
Fathers Family Court: Do They Get a Raw Deal?
Fathers Family Court – Do fathers get a raw deal from the family courts? It is not uncommon for fathers to claim that social workers, Cafcass officers and Judges discriminate against men when deciding issues about who a child should live with, or what contact arrangements should be in place. Recent research by academics at […]
Family Law Changes: How Have they Fared?
This April marked the very first anniversary of the family law changes to the family justice system and it was classed as the start of a cultural revolution. There are still a large number of family break-ups making the news which leads to questions surrounding whether the changes have had any real affect at all? […]
When Is A Marriage Not Legally Binding?
Pop songstress Foxes is reported as being uncertain of her marital status following a drunken ceremony at Glastonbury, in an interview with Metro magazine. She recalls hazy memories of a marriage ceremony in the after-party at Shangri-La, but has no idea where her festival “hubby” could be, revealing that they lost touch. She is reported […]
PreNups to Become Fully Binding?
Couples are have been told by the Law Commission that pre-nuptial agreements (prenups) should be legally binding in UK divorce settlements – as long as the needs of any children and the couple themselves have been considered. The Commission says that new guidelines should be drawn up to offer couples a more coherent idea on how […]
Shared Parenting and the Children and Families Bill
Alan Beith MP wrote to Mr Cameron to express his objections to shared parenting legislation: http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/jul/18/family-law-confusion-lib-dem Mr Beith’s opposition to shared parenting legislation is, perhaps, best viewed in some historical and cultural context. In the 19th century, British family law was such that, if the father so wished it, a separated mother was likely to […]
Baroness Butler-Sloss on Shared Parenting
Retired President of the Family Division, Baroness Butler-Sloss has expressed her strong objections to Shared Parenting legislation: Baroness Butler-Sloss said: “I’ve heard one father who went into court saying, ‘Once this law is enforced, I will get half of the child’ ” Is she claiming to have heard this father in a case over which […]