The damaging effects of divorce are often felt more acutely in cases involving farming families: especially so where the farm has been held within one family for generations. Often farming businesses will involve Partnership or Corporate Structures, land may be co-owned with
As Henry Ford says, “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” Moving forward or relocating to a different country is sometimes difficult, especially when the parent left behind does not want a distance relationship with the children. Attempting
Family lawyers in England and Wales don’t like the word ‘custody’, which became obsolete in 1990 with the Children Act. Before 1990, the key terms used were ‘custody’ (who has the main rights and duties for the child?), ‘care’ and ‘control’ (where
The media frenzy continues a week after Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt with every aspect of their lives – and the lives of their children – continuing to be played out in front of millions of people worldwide. However,
According to research from parenting charity Gingerbread, the total amount of unpaid Child Maintenance stands at nearly £4 billion. Organising Child Maintenance following a divorce or separation can seem like a daunting task. But with the right information at hand, you’ll feel
There are different ways to get divorced to fit individual needs and circumstances. With family mediation, divorcing couples are required to have a Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting or MIAMS to cut down on the cases going to court. Mediation is particularly
A new form of arbitration scheme to keep family disputes out of court has been introduced by the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (IFLA) from 1st August. The Family Law Arbitration Children Scheme extends the Family Arbitration Scheme, which has been in
It is becoming increasingly popular to marry abroad. British couples choosing to marry on an exotic tropical island paradise are jetting off to guarantee some sunshine on their big day. But, is the marriage a valid one, and furthermore if the relationship
“For the [guild of lawyers], their work is very much what it is for all lawyers, which is to say, doing things slowly for a lot of money“ – Terry Pratchett Let’s face it, lawyers have a bad reputation. They are pedantic,
In my role as a family lawyer, I am often asked by clients about prenuptial agreements. The idea of a nuptial agreement regularly provokes a range of emotive responses. Those who are not open to the idea start by questioning whether they
In this interview, we speak with FMC accredited Johnathan Pease of New Landscape Mediation about what exactly family mediation is as well as what it is not. Johnathan goes on to answer further questions that help define mediation as a divorce process including:
The myth of justice in Family Justice. This is a pretty bold title. Am I, as a mere Family Mediation Council Accredited (FMCA) mediator really challenging the idea that the Family Justice system has anything at all to do with meting out
