More Courts Are To Close

Even more courts are to close causing greater hardship for people seeking access to justice. Lady Hale, President of the Supreme Court, has cited the impact closures have had on people. In the meantime Sir Andrew McFarlane has become the President of the Family...

Unreasonable Behaviour?

Tini Owens, who has been married to Hugh Owens for 40 years, will have to stay married to him as Tini has been unable to convince the Supreme Court that Hugh’s behaviour is unreasonable. Although the decision appears to have been reached with reluctance, it is clear...

Civil Partnerships

Civil Partnerships may soon be available for all after a couple who were fighting the law which prevents opposite sex couples entering into a Civil Partnership won the backing of the Supreme Court. Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan argued that the current law which...

Capital Gains Tax on Divorce

Most people assume that they do not have to pay Capital Gains Tax on the former matrimonial home following breakdown of a marriage. If however divorcing couples have lived in separate properties for 18 months before selling or transferring the former matrimonial home...

Legal Update Spring 2018

The Ministry of Justice is undergoing a £1 billion modernisation program and as part of the program it is launching an online application for divorce, thereby cutting paperwork and making financial savings for the ministry. The ministry described their new system as...