Family and children
8 Apr 2019
Amazon Boss, Jeff Bezos agrees $35bn divorce settlement
This week another record was broken with the biggest ever divorce settlement. Amazon founder and world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, agreed to pay $35 billion dollars in his divorce settlement from MacKenzie Bezos. The second biggest divorce settlement was in Alec Wildenstein’s divorce case in 1999 with a $3.8 billion dollar settlement. Despite Mr Bezos […]
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1 Apr 2019
‘COMMON LAW MARRIAGE’ Does the concept really exist?
Living together but not married (AKA ‘Common Law Marriage)? What rights do I have? Unmarried co-habiting couples is an increasing type of family choice in the UK, yet it appears, that in the event of separation, there is no adequate protection for such couples in the current family law. Such couples frequently assume the common […]
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29 Mar 2019
Finding co-parenting an issue?
If you have trouble coming to an agreement with your child’s father/mother on a particular matter, such as taking the child abroad, then you may need to consider applying to the court for a Specific Issue Order. When two parents cannot agree between themselves on a particular matter in connection with the exercise of parental […]
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21 Mar 2019
‘No-fault’ divorce to spare couples the emotional stress of finding blame
The UK could witness a new ‘no fault’ divorce system in the upcoming months. The government is preparing to review the current law, with a view to introduce a reform to offer couples the opportunity to end their marriage without fault-finding divorce proceedings. But what could this reform mean for the legal world? Current position […]
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15 Mar 2019
The implications of Brexit on family law cases in the UK
The implications of Brexit on family law cases in the UK While a ‘no-deal’ Brexit is the outcome that no one favours, it appears a ‘no-deal’ scenario is growing increasingly likely, especially since the Prime Minister appears to have never ruled out a ‘no deal’ outcome. Thus, Brexit will undoubtedly have an impact upon individuals […]
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1 Mar 2019
The benefits of a clean break agreement on divorce, even if you have no assets
You may feel overwhelmed with the changes you are facing as you go through a divorce, and quite often going from a household with two incomes to one can be a struggle. If you do not own a house or have other assets, it can be tempting to cut costs and ignore seeking advice from […]
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14 Feb 2019
I need to divorce my millionaire partner. Where do I begin?
How to begin the divorce process As you can imagine, with high net worth assets and ultra high net worth assets the process of divorcing and distributing those assets is not always a straightforward process. It can sometimes be the case that with the parties having international connections one party might be keen on divorcing […]
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28 Jan 2019
Disagreements and decisions about your children
If you are separated or divorced, you will probably have an arrangement with your ex-partner dealing with where your children live and how often they see their other parent. However, a specific issue might arise not covered by this agreement and on which you do not see eye to eye, for example if one of […]
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25 Jan 2019
Ex policeman claims that Family law ‘does not need lawyers’ as he sets up a McKenzie friends website and start up.
What happened? It was recently reported in the Law Gazette former police officer, Philip Kedge, intends to launch a website known as Blue Light McKenzie Friends with the intention of linking up with 100 former police offices and helping ‘Litigants in Person’, i.e. those who are representing themselves. Information taken from Mr Kedge’s website states […]
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