Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers, foster fathers and special guardians! In this article, we look at fathers and parental responsibility, which isn’t always straightforward. (Unlike a Read more…
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Posted on Jun 13th, 2019 by Lyons Davidson
April 2019 saw the government agree to start legislating on what will be one of the biggest changes to divorce law since the Divorce Reform Act 1969. After years of Read more…
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Posted on May 20th, 2019 by Lyons Davidson
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers, grandmothers, foster mothers, and special guardians! All biological mothers automatically have parental responsibility for their children. Parental responsibility is a wide range of Read more…
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Posted on Mar 31st, 2019 by Lyons Davidson
With online divorces now possible, this means an application can be lodged at court at any time and, according to official figures, the divorce rate peaked with 455 people applying Read more…
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Posted on Jan 28th, 2019 by Lyons Davidson
The Supreme Court has ruled that denying a couple the right to enter heterosexual civil partnerships is incompatible with human rights laws.
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Posted on Jul 4th, 2018 by Lyons Davidson
Single Parents’ Day takes place each year on 21 March. Simply put, it is a day set aside to applaud the hard work that goes into raising children as a Read more…
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Posted on Mar 21st, 2017 by Lyons Davidson
On 29 December 2015, under section 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015, a new criminal offence of controlling or coercive behaviour in intimate or familial relationships came into force. Read more…
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Posted on Feb 22nd, 2016 by Lyons Davidson
In April 2013, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) came into force and, consequently, many people have found themselves without access to family legal aid. Read more…
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Posted on Feb 8th, 2016 by Lyons Davidson
The media reported this week that a couple have begun a legal battle at the High Court against the ban on heterosexual couples entering into a civil partnership. Civil partnerships, Read more…
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Posted on Jan 25th, 2016 by Lyons Davidson
A version of the financial disclosure form (Form E) – which was previously available on the HMCTS website – contained an error in its automatic calculator software. It is likely Read more…
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Posted on Jan 13th, 2016 by Lyons Davidson
