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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One call relating to domestic abuse was made to the police every 30 seconds in the first seven weeks of lockdown in the UK, with reports including kidnapping, arson, poisoning and revenge porn in addition to violence and rape. Three quarters of women in abusive relationships suffered more violence from their partners during the pandemic, …
‘Familial bonding is too complex and too vulnerable a process to be managed in advance or from a distance by so gross and impersonal an instrument as the law.’ Conversely, mediation offers an informal, but structured process in which one or more impartial third parties assist disputants in talking about the conflict and in negotiating …
In the UK the number of households in the private rented sector increased from 2.8 million in 2007 to 4.5 million in 2017, an increase of 1.7 million (63%) . Although many tenants – especially those under 35 – enjoy the flexibility renting offers, the main reason for the increased number of tenants is the …
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A judge has ruled that landlords cannot reject tenancy applications because the applicant is on Housing Benefit (or Universal Credit). Why is this decision so important? Well, in January 2020 a YouGov survey for the charity Shelter found that an astonishing 63% of private landlords either operate an outright ban on letting to tenants receiving …
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