It’s that time of year when we start to see stories in the newspapers about ‘Divorce Day’ – whether it is about lawyers preparing for a flood of divorce petitions, the court preparing for a flood of divorce petitions or floods of people starting divorce proceedings. There then follows many posts on …
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Christmas proposals and prenuptial agreements
A friend told me they were listening to the radio and there was a discussion about marriage proposals at Christmas. Without wishing to be gloomy, it seems Christmas can be a stressful time for some families. Hearing that there are still lots of Christmas proposals lifts the gloom a bit. If you …
Defended divorce
We’ve just had an interesting case reported of a judgement given by my local Designated Family Judge, HHJ Lynn Roberts. She has given really good judgements in other cases and this one hits the mark again. The case report is VW v BH [2018] EWFC B68 and it is an interesting read about a …