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Law Commission’s Prenuptial Agreements Consultation

Law Commission Publishes Marital Property Agreements Consultation Tuesday 11 January 2011  In recent years there has been strong support for a change in the law calling for pre-nuptial agreements to be made legally binding. The Law Commission has today launched a consultation paper, asking for views on a range of potential options for reforming the law […]

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Injunctions Solicitors Firm Unmarried Couples

Non-Molestation Orders

Non-Molestation Orders  Domestic Violence & Ex-Parte Non-Molestation Injunction Applications Often emergencies arise in Family Law matters which require urgent and immediate steps being taken to protect our client by way of an emergency ex-parte injunction. Injunction situations can arise 24 hours a day and in most cases we aim to have the matter brought to […]

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What is Domestic Violence

What is domestic violence? Domestic violence in English law can be broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviour by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family or cohabitation. Domestic violence has many forms including physical aggression such as hitting, kicking, biting, shoving, restraining, slapping, throwing objects, or threats of […]

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Prenuptial Agreements Solicitors Firm Unmarried Couples

Common Law Marriage & Living Together Agreements

 Wade v. Bayliss In the words of Lord Justice Rimer: ‘Overall, this is an unusual case in which a joint owner of property had deliberately come off the title deeds, failed in his bid to prove and express agreement that he was to retain his beneficial interets and admitted that he had later rejected the […]

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Children Solicitors Firm Unmarried Couples

Grandparents Grandchildren and Residence Applications

Cyrus Mansouri, Solicitor, reviews recent developments affecting the legal status of grandparents in Children Act 1989 proceedings for Residence and Contact. Grandparents have an vital role to play in the upbringing of children. However; often when parents separate, the custody of the children can become an issue and an area where grandparents feel increasingly isolated and ignored. […]