The study finds that relationship breakdown is damaging workplace mental health, with 56% of parents experiencing anxiety, depression or stress at work post-divorce Divorce has been found to create a period of ‘divorce stress’, particularly affecting parents, which is impacting companies across
When most people think about Wills, it’s usually the more traditional Will that is created for the purpose of ensuring that their estate and assets are treated and/or shared appropriately when an individual passes away. There are however, several different types of
The recent articles in the press over the divorce reforms have been somewhat misleading. This reform is not something the government is pushing through quickly and quietly whilst we are in the middle of a pandemic. The legislation was actually one of
A bill, which if passed, would enable opposite sex couples to enter a civil partnership, will proceed to the House of Lords after passing its second reading. Since 2004 only same-sex couples in the United Kingdom could be in a civil partnership
A new guide to help parents talk to their teenagers about divorce has been pulled together by a pioneering charity and a family law specialist. Woolley & Co has helped fund the project with Voices in the Middle, part of The Family
In the wake of a Supreme Court ruling in June, heterosexual couples will now be given the chance to form civil partnerships. The new legislation, which follows the tireless campaign efforts of Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, aims to address a deep-rooted
For several years now, those of us that work with people that are divorcing their spouse have felt that the need to apportion blame under is both unnecessary and harmful. We have all petitioned the government accordingly and this, coupled with the
Recent Swedish research (published by The Royal Society) has come up with some ideas about why their neighbours in Denmark divorce by mapping what people do for a living with the chances of divorce. Why exactly they wanted to look at this relatively small sample
“Unjust and outdated” is how the Times newspaper described the UK’s current Divorce laws. The newspaper has recently begun a campaign to reform the current system to bring it in line with modern day society. The campaign is being backed by several
For most couples expecting a child, the choice of which hospital to go to is one of the decisions they have to make on the road to parenthood. In the case of St Albans couple David Kiff and his pregnant Chinese wife
The reasoning behind divorces ranges from the unique and shocking to the textbook irritation of spouses. The latter is very much commonplace in married life and can often result in the demise of holy matrimony. Although the divorce rate in the UK
Non-molestation orders – designed to protect victims of domestic violence from being abused and to stop the abuser from being violent towards the victims – help victims to deal with difficult ex-partners and people they are still in a relationship with. Those who
