Love in later life and the inheritance tax trap
January is traditionally a busy month for family lawyers, a time when couples often resolve to start the new year by breaking up, but it’s...
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Negotiating Christmas for separated parents
For parents who are separated or divorced, the festive season can be especially sensitive. While Christmas often brings joy and celebration, it can also evoke...
Dimple Patel
Senior Associate, Family LawCohabiting couples face legal blind spots as reform drags on
With cohabiting couples now the fastest-growing family type in the UK, many believe they have similar legal protections to married couples – especially after long...
Dimple Patel
Senior Associate, Family LawParental responsibility – what does it mean?
It might seem logical that the parents of a child should have parental responsibility, but that is not always the case. As you would expect,...
Dimple Patel
Senior Associate, Family LawFinancial considerations in divorce – who gets what?
According to the Law Commission, the current law does not “provide a cohesive framework in which parties to a divorce or dissolution can expect fair...
Andrea Boulter
Senior Associate, Family LawSeparating after fifty
A frequent scenario that we see as family solicitors are people in their fifties or older, who have been in a long marriage and found...
Dimple Patel
Senior Associate, Family LawThe law and taking children out of school for holidays...
The school holidays are almost over and while many families will have enjoyed a well-deserved break abroad, for some the costs of a family holiday...
Dimple Patel
Senior Associate, Family LawHow has the cost of living crisis affected divorce maintenance...
The cost of living crisis continues to place many families’ finances under significant strain. This strain is often most keenly felt in the finances of...
Dimple Patel
Senior Associate, Family LawThe highs and lows of blame-free digital divorce
Divorce applications rose by 20 per cent in the year following the introduction of no-fault divorce, according to figures from the Ministry for Justice. But...
Dimple Patel
Senior Associate, Family LawSupporting rocky relationships through the hard times
The family-focus of Christmas is often followed in January with news of unhappy couples ending their relationship, leading to so-called Divorce Day, as family lawyers...
