Family

Articles

2 Mar 2015

Government set to crack down on 'sham marriages'

Marriages and Civil Partnerships Regulations 2015 place unions to foreign nationals under the Home Office spotlight

27 Feb 2015

Legal tensions

Common law and statutory tests of capacity are often in conflict, but recent case law in lifetime gifts offers welcome clarity, says Lloyd Junor

26 Feb 2015

Freedom of choice

If prenuptial agreements exist so that we can decide which assets we don't want to bring into a marriage, why doesn't the law always reflect that, asks Philip Rutter

23 Feb 2015

New call for sweeping changes to divorce laws

Current legislation is "outdated, inadequate and unfair," claims Resolution

17 Feb 2015

Courts to order DNA testing to cut courtroom battles

MoJ funding for paternity testing is 'puzzling', says leading family charity

17 Feb 2015

Defining genius

The sum of money awarded in the Cooper-Hohn divorce is not what makes the case so significant, but the percentage awarded and why, says Deborah Jeff

11 Feb 2015

Court of Appeal brands legal aid cuts a false economy

Court and judges' time wasted in cases without lawyers outweighs legal aid savings and runs the risk that correct results will not be reached, reports Catherine Baksi

9 Feb 2015

Bury St Edmunds divorce centre an administrative hurdle for family justice

MoJ plans for divorce centres criticised as 'woefully inadequate' by family specialist