Three recent decisions considered whether a Nuptial Agreement (‘NA’) should be upheld. The contexts were varied: in one before a District Judge, the parties were middle class legal professionals with ...

Most children are well-served by the education sector and, in social care, life-changing work is being done for children and ...

In the UK, more than a third of children in families with a child aged under 5 are living in poverty. Growing up in poverty ...

Daniel T Wilcox, Executive Director at Wilcox Psychological Associates. This paper examines issues arising over recent years in respect of instructing psychological experts in Car ...

This article assesses some recently published statistics for 2022 on joint and sole notifications of divorce and civil partnership dissolution – these statistics being the first to map the effect of ...

This article explores the complexities surrounding customary marriages focusing on their legal recognition and the possible implications for individuals who have entered into both customary and civil ...

This work realistically keeps the wheels of the County Court turning. Case management decisions taken in boxwork are far more rare within the Family Court, albeit there appears to be no particular ...

Daniel Currie considers whether the ‘absolute bar’ on making use of things said or done at an FDR will withstand modern developments. He explores the history of the rules relating to FDR privilege and ...

Until relatively recently practitioners dealing with financial remedy work were rarely troubled by the issue of costs at the conclusion of a contested final hearing. However with the introduction from ...

Moylan J reiterated that public policy in respect of forced marriages was clear. It was reflected in the sanctions, provided by both the civil and criminal law, for those who forced a person to marry.