On 16th June a new law came into force criminalising forced marriage. The Home Office definition of forced marriage is ‘one in which one or both spouses do not consent to the marriage but are coerced into it through physical, psychological, financial, sexual and emotional pressure’. The maximum penalty for Read more…
I recently heard a proverb which I understand to be Jewish. It goes something like this…… When two divorced people marry four people get into the marital bed. It struck me what a potential understatement that is. No doubt couples who marry having both been married before, bring with them Read more…
Every Family Lawyer knows the feeling well. Telling the lovely client sitting opposite you that they have no claim against pension funds nor income of their long term partner following a recent split. Both of which they have managed to achieve in part because your client stayed home to look Read more…
The first same sex marriage ceremonies took place on Saturday 29th March amid a great deal of media attention. From a legal perspective not much has changed. We have been advising on pre-civil partnership agreements since the Civil Partnership Act came into force in 2005; the only difference for same Read more…