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1.1 On 18 December 2024 the Law Commission published its Scoping Report on financial remedies on divorce and dissolution.[[1]] The Scoping Report sets out our findings that the current law does not provide a cohesive framework in which couples going through a divorce can expect fair and sufficiently

A new pro bono scheme assisting litigants in person in family proceedings at the Central Family Court – background As we are all acutely aware, restrictions in the provision of legal aid following the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 have resulted in a sharp increase in the

‘Yet once more, O ye Laurels, and once more Ye Myrtles brown with Ivy never sere I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude And with forc’d fingers rude.’ When studying for my A level in English literature I never quite worked out who Myrtle Brown was, nor

Of dogs and divorce: why treating pets as chattels is an anachronism. This is Ernest, our beloved English bull terrier. According to English law he has the same status as the chaise longue upon which he is performing his Kate Winslet impersonation. How can this be right? How can he

Late last month, Baroness Deech brought a motion in the House of Lords, ‘That this House takes note of the law relating to prenuptial agreements’. The debate came against the backdrop of Baroness Deech having (of course) long pursued financial remedies reform through her Divorce (Financial Provision) Bill. She has

This is sometimes the forgotten tax on divorce. Maybe this is fair enough as there is a pretty clear exemption in tax law that states that stamp duty land tax (SDLT) will not apply to transfers pursuant to divorce. However, the last few years have seen the introduction of two