This quote is the title of the Femicide Census Report on the 1,425 women killed by men in the UK, in the 10 years between 2009 and 2018. On average a woman is killed by a man every three days. Femicide is generally defined as the murder of women because they are women; the misogynistic …
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Advice Now Guides provide clear, step-by-step, user-friendly practical information to help you manage life’s legal problems. The most recent addition (January 2021) gives advice on pension sharing or splitting on divorce and how to come to an agreement. It sets out what other help is out there to help clients plan for the future. A …
In 2019, 107,599 hetero-sexual couples divorced, an increase of 18.4% on the 2018 figure of 90,871. This equates to 8.9 divorces per 1,000 married opposite-sex couples. (A change in administrating a backlog of cases partly accounts for this increase.) The most commonly cited ‘unreasonable behaviour’ – 49% of wives and 35% of husbands. The median …
In ‘The Good Life’ (distributed with The Week) Lloyd Platt & Co considered whether sleeping with someone while separated would legally be considered adultery. The short answer is Yes! Regardless of whether a sexual encounter happened after separation or not, the parties are still married, so the other party could utilise this as a ground …
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There is a basic principle in Common Law in the UK that a client should be able to consult a legal professional in confidence without fear of having to disclose verbal or written communications between them at a later date to a third party or the court. It can also be used to deny regulators …
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The JOHARI Window (or Johari Rooms) is a model used to increase self-awareness and improve communication between couples or among groups of people. Devised in the 1959’s by Joe Luft and Harry Ingham, Johari windows are a way of looking at how personality traits are expressed and concealed, using a model with 4 area quadrants. …
Mesher Orders and Martin Orders are family court orders concerning arrangements for the family home after divorce. They are both named after cases in 1980 and 1978 respectively and were popular in the 1980s and 1990s as a way of protecting the interests of a less well-off spouse, along with the couple’s children in the …
Marital status changes the effectiveness of a Will. It is imperative to keep your will up to date to ensure your inheritance goes to your intended loved ones. MarriageIn England and Wales, when you marry any existing Will is automatically revoked (unless it includes a special reference to the intended marriage). If you die after …
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‘Parenting Apart’ by Christina McGhee is a practical and positive guide for separated and divorced parents on how to raise a happy and secure child. In this blog I’ve extracted the key points from Chapter 4 of the book which focuses on how to change your relationship with the other parent so it becomes less …
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