On 5th October 2015, George Osborne announced that working grandparents will be able to share parental leave in the future. The changes will increase flexibility… Read More »Shared parental leave and pay to be extended to working grandparents
Adoption was made a priority by the coalition, as the prime minister declared in 2012 there was ‘no more pressing issue’ than speeding up the… Read More »Government policy to increase number of children being adopted falters as adoption figures fall
The divorce proceedings taking place between Britpop icon Noel Gallagher and his soon-to-be ex wife Nicole Appleton have so far been subject to reporting restrictions… Read More »Family Court Reporting – Should Celebrities Be Treated Differently?
A number of news articles have reported that there is a possibility that Simon Vaughan, a soldier who was severely injured in Afghanistan, will face… Read More »Personal Injury compensation and Divorce – how divorce can impact upon damages received
The latest Court of Appeal decision on international relocation (Re F (International Relocation Cases) [2015]) has overturned an experienced judge’s decision because they focussed too… Read More »Court of Appeal overturns decision as focused too much on ‘gender discriminatory’ guidance in Payne v Payne – change the court’s approach to relocation cases
As we have discussed in previous blog posts, with the increased use of technology there is a growing problem of the malicious use of intimate… Read More »First female prosecuted under new law for posting person’s intimate images on Facebook
Following the recent closure of the British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), the Welsh government is taking measures it hopes will maintain and improve… Read More »Welsh Government Introduces New Fostering and Adoption Measures
Divorce for Roman Catholics has historically been extremely difficult. The issue was actually a key factor in the UK’s break from the Catholic Church when… Read More »Pope Looks To Make Divorce Easier And Quicker
It is only natural in some cases that divorcing couples will want to keep some aspects of their finances to themselves during a divorce but… Read More »Divorce The Importance Of Being Fully Transparent About Finances
The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) has closed with immediate affect removing one of the key organisations involved in campaigning for children in… Read More »British Association for Adoption and Fostering Closed