Readers of the Farleys blog will recall my previous blog on the landmark case in the Court of Appeal between civil partners Gallagher (an actor) and Lawrence (a city financier). Assets worth over £4,000,000 were in issue between the couple and the case was the first opportunity for the Appeal...
The Court of Appeal are considering, for the first time, the issue of the division of assets in a same sex divorce. The case between a high flying financier, Peter Lawrence, and an actor Donald Gallagher concerns significant assets (over £4,000,000) and higher than average earnings (the...
The Government has announced that it intends to trial a change to the law to allow the police to disclose, on request, the criminal backgrounds of potential partners. Four areas will trial the scheme; Greater Manchester, Nottinghamshire, Wiltshire and Gwent. This law, dubbed 'Clare's Law', has...
Stonewall, an organisation that campaigns for the rights of same sex couples, has published a draft Act of Parliament; aimed at speeding up the process of allowing gay couples to marry. The government is committed to changing the law in England and Wales to allow same-sex marriage by 2015 and...
Just about everyone who becomes involved with the adoption process is surprised by how Local Authority bureaucracy and petty minded political correctness is putting off couples who want to adopt. This is reflected in the number of adoptions, which have fallen by 17% in England to just 3,050, over...