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A recent study produced by L&C Mortgages has revealed that some 1.8million adults in the UK have primarily stayed or would stay in a relationship in order to get on to the property ladder. They found that 1.8million people had stayed with a partner in order to pay for the mortgage or a deposit. On
In Walker v Innospec Limited and others [2017] UKSC 47, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that an exemption in the Equality Act 2010 – which allows employers to exclude same-sex partners from spousal benefits paid into pension funds before December 2005 – is discriminatory and breaches EU equality laws. This ruling means the provision is
The Office for National Statistics has published statistics for the number of divorces, dissolutions and annulments in 2015. There were 101,055 divorces of opposite sex couples in 2015, a decrease of 9.1% compared with 111,169 in 2014 and a decline of 34% from the recent peak in 2003. Although divorce rates fell among all age
According to one senior family judge it should. It was recently reported that family law judge Sir James Munby would prefer more streamlined divorce proceedings where fighting over money and assets would be considered separately. Reform of existing divorce laws to accommodate this new approach is however unlikely anytime soon with a long history of
The Divorce (Financial Provision) Bill received its second reading in the House of Lords last week. The Bill is a Private Members Bill introduced by Baroness Deech (Crossbench) and proposes to replace section 25 (2) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. Setting out the proposals to the Bill, Baroness Deech explained: ‘The purpose of this
There have been two recent highly reported cases which have sent out a stark reminder to couples why it is crucial to finalise financial matters upon divorce. The wife of the Lambretta millionaire was last year awarded £2.7 million 10 years after the parties divorced notwithstanding the fact, as the husband argued, a verbal agreement
The Family Division at the High Court heard that the Wife in this case, who is in her late 70s, was frightened of her husband, a 67-year-old millionaire from Essex, and took legal action against him. Judge Catriona Murfitt concluded that the Wife was likely to suffer ‘significant harm’ if the Husband stayed in the
There are an increasing number of step-parents following separation who have difficulties in relation to contact with their step-children and their partner’s former spouse. The legal side of this issue can be quite complex, many parents are not aware of their legal position or what they can or cannot authorise when it comes to their
The Internet has been blamed for many of the dramatic changes that have taken place in society in recent decades, social media in particular. But can the influence of social media really be a reason for couples to divorce? Some divorce lawyers certainly think so and they see it as the cause of a growing
The facts of the case of Christina Estrada and her former husband Sheikh Walid Juffali are set out in our blog post earlier last month: http://bit.ly/29BUYUz In summary, in a judgment on 8th July 2016, Mrs Justice Roberts gave Dr Juffali three weeks to pay a settlement to Miss Estrada worth just over £75million which