2015 heralded lots of significant changes for divorce and family law. We started the year with the government expressing concern about the potential for geographical ‘advice deserts’ and the likely ‘effect of geographical provision …of civil and family law’(1) services following the
Leading life coach, author and motivational speaker Rasheed Ogunlaru speaks to us on, not only how to cope with divorce, but also on just important a role acceptance plays in helping us move on from a broken relationship. I asked him what
According to Sir Peter Singer, the ability of parties to conduct an arbitration in relation to their private financial affairs without fear of unwelcome publicity is another important advantage which the IFLA Scheme offers. What may draw people to Arbitration more than
So are family law solicitors going to support the education of their clients with regard to accessing Arbitration – or are they going to effectively hinder the process? Arbitrator Olive McCarthy believes that a setback to the scheme is that unfortunately other family solicitors
Getting records together for your new divorce solicitor or mediator is a first step in the divorce process. Sometimes one’s financial state seems to be a jumble of loans and assets and the solicitor will have to get a general idea of
Here at The Divorce Magazine thought gathering some great stepmom quotes would be a good idea. Having said that there are a couple that are stepparenting quotes as opposed to stepmom quotes only. Do you have some that you think we should know
Whatever stage of the divorce process you are at, one thing remains the same: as a parent your children always come first. So it is very important to familiarise yourself with how you can help support them emotionally, but also financially. Here
Psychoanalysis is a term that is often used to describe a type of intensive individual psychotherapy that draws upon a specialist knowledge base involving the field of unconscious mental life as first defined by Freud. Psychoanalytic psychotherapists generally accept that the unconscious
As it’s reported that the chairman of Laura Ashley and his estranged wife Pauline Chai have spent a total of £5m in lawyers’ bills during their divorce settlement dispute – Zoe Bloom, a family consultant solicitor at Keystone Law takes a look
Introduction At a time when the legal aid cuts are beginning to bite and the Government is trying to free up Court time by requiring Applicants to consider alternative dispute resolution as an alternative to proceedings (e.g. Mediation Information Assessment Meetings or
London courts are increasingly getting a reputation for being more generous when it comes to divorce payouts. This is creating something of a North/South divide when it comes to divorce, as more and more wives seek to have their cases settled in
I was prompted to write this brief article after reading an interesting piece by Sue Atkins on how to help your children deal with boy band One Direction splitting up. Whilst I care little for One Direction’s decision to separate, it did
