Family

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8 Jan 2013

Matrimonial property rules 'not sustainable', family solicitors say

Resolution backs Law Commission on need for reform to avoid postcode lottery

7 Jan 2013

Family barristers question commission's matrimonial property principles

Proposals risk reducing scope for agreements, FLBA warns

4 Jan 2013

The pantomime of Divorce D-Day

The mythical Divorce D-Day reappears every January and solicitors are doing nothing to stop it, including Tony Roe

20 Dec 2012

Scientologist denied right to marry in church

Not a place of 'religious worship', but High Court grants leave to appeal

14 Dec 2012

One step forward, two steps back

The government's decision to make it illegal for the Church of England to conduct ?same-sex marriages leaves Anya Palmer questioning its position in society

12 Dec 2012

Press cuttings: A v A

Sharon Sloam considers A v A, which raises again the tricky concept of reporting financial affairs in family proceedings

11 Dec 2012

All's fair: lifting the corporate veil in divorce proceedings

More detailed guidance is needed to establish how family courts can achieve fairness in divorce cases where one party's assets are held in a corporate entity, says Kirstie Law

30 Nov 2012

Update | Family: shared parenting

Shared parenting presumptions set 'to be introduced in the Children Act 1989 will remind parents that children cannot be used as pawns in disputes between adults. 'Austin Chessell reports