Couple left with pittance after £1.7m fortune squandered on divorce
A judge has criticised two solicitors for spending £1.7 million on legal fees throughout a divorce, according to The Telegraph. Judge Clive Million, in a County Court judgement delivered in December,...
View ArticleInformal sperm donor must pay child support 13 years later
Mark Langridge, 47, was shocked to be told by the Child Support Agency (CSA) recently, that he must pay £26 a week child support for two children he fathered as a favour to a lesbian couple, as yet...
View ArticleJudge comments that ‘need’ is not relevant in ‘big money’ divorce settlements
Last Friday, Lord Justice Thorpe gave a warning about the ex-wives of rich husbands who think they ‘need’ large financial settlements in the wake of their divorces, according to the Daily Telegraph....
View ArticlePilot wins right to divorce Brazilian wife in UK
An easyJet pilot whose wife refused to return from Brazil to England after a holiday in her homeland has won his legal fight to have their divorce settled in British courts, according to The Telegraph....
View ArticleFive-year-old British girl embroiled in transatlantic custody dispute
A young British girl with an American father is the subject of an international custody battle which has gone all the way to the US Supreme Court, according to the Telegraph. Five-year-old Eris Hales...
View ArticleGovernment plans regarding same-sex marriage law
The BBC reports that the Government is to publish plans next Tuesday, outlining how it intends to introduce same-sex marriage. For example, the Prime Minister, David Cameron, is now in favour of...
View ArticleMillionaire receives jail term for hiding money in divorce case
A claim for contempt of court at the Chancery division of the High Court in Birmingham in November has resulted in a jail term of two years being handed out to an ex-boss of the Ford plant at Dagenham....
View ArticleMarriage is a shared partnership, right? Maybe not if you have ‘ugly’ kids…
An unusual family law case from China recently surfaced in a number of new sources. According to the reports, Jian Fang was “horrified” at how ugly his and his beautiful wife’s newborn daughter was. He...
View ArticleDivorce and inheritance – what are you entitled to?
It is sometimes said that divorce and death form some of the most contentious subject matters that the courts have to deal with. It’s not surprising that the worst combination can be when we’re faced...
View ArticleWorry over drop in family law cases since the Government’s change to legal aid
CAFCASS (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) figures show a drop in private law cases from July 2013 to July 2014 of 36%. These cases tend to relate to living and shared time...
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