Head of Family at Kuits, Katie McCann, comments on the recent news that a heterosexual couple have lost their Court of Appeal battle to enter into a civil partnership. This week, Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan lost their battle to legalise civil
The Isle of Man has become the only place in the British Isles to allow heterosexual couples to enter into civil partnerships. However, the situation is not entirely a straightforward one, with the UK saying that it will refuse to recognise civil
It is quite apparent that marriage is on the decline. Many couples simply cohabit instead. Increasing numbers of people need help and advice in connection with cohabitation disputes rather than marriage disputes. What many cohabiting couples do not realise is that cohabitation
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
Marriage became legal for same-sex couples in March 2014, but civil partnerships, generally seen as a substitute for marriage, remained an option as well. Recent figures from the Office for National Statistics have shown exactly what the effect of same-sex marriage has
If you ask a passer-by what she or he thinks family mediation is about the chances are that that person will mention divorce, separation or disputes about child contact. In one sense this is correct and it is certainly true that family
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” This very insightful sentence, written by the renowned philosopher and academic, Elie Wiesel, essentially explains why so many partnerships and marriages flounder or fail. In some instances, the split that is announced to
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
After more than four decades working with separating families, I have learnt that while every relationship is unique, the mistakes people make during divorce are often strikingly similar. Time and again, I see good people lose time, money and emotional energy by
American naturalist and writer Hal Borland said, “No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn,” a phrase that is often used to give hope to people going through something difficult. I know from my experience of working with people who
Let’s not sugar coat it, this question “what do I do now?” (at the moment you know you will separate) is the single most important question you will answer in this whole chapter of your life. There will be a lot of
The short answer is that Standish affects things a bit – but it probably just confirms what a family solicitor would advise you to do anyway. The longer answer is that highest court of the land has carried out one of its
