I have noticed that there are a number of sites on the internet that suggest Legal Aid for family cases has stopped altogether. However that is not the case. It is true that as of the 1st April 2013 the government have made a number of reforms to Legal Aid and these changes have had an...
Time is running out for many to obtain legal aid to ascertain family law advice . Severe restrictions on the availability of Family Legal Aid are to be introduced immediately after Easter 2013. From the beginning of April, Legal Aid for care, injunction and forced marriage proceedings...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released figures which indicate there was an increase in the number of civil partnerships last year. The provisional figures for 2011 show there were a total of 6,795civil partnerships formed, representing an increase of 6.4 per cent on 2010's...
Divorce is well-known to be one of the most stressful events a person can go through in life. When you think of divorce, you often think of expensive and traumatic court battles - protracted over a long period of time and resulting in a great degree of distress for everyone involved. Whilst any...
My attention was drawn to a rather unusual case recently. Tales of a mother-in-law and son-in-law not seeing eye to eye provide a staple for many stand-up routines. However such a scenario headed for the High Court in July when a millionaire mother claimed a 93% share in the...