The Family Lawyer Blog
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We are a leading national law firm with one of the largest family law team's in the country. Our solicitors deal with every type of family law issues which puts them in a unique position to comment on current affairs and family law related issues in the media which we hope you will find useful and thought-provoking.
News results
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With an increase in divorce proceedings, how is divorce approached? Kaleel Anwar discusses
10 May 2012
Despite an increase in the number of divorce proceedings being issued in England and Wales; for the majority of us, the ‘D’ word is not something which is approached without careful consideration.
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Helen Maguire discusses Britons spending a staggering £7.5 billion a year getting married
8 May 2012
It has been reported via the Daily Mail that Britons now spend a staggering £7.5 billion a year getting married. As someone who has attended no fewer than 20 weddings in the last four years alone, this statistic doesn’t surprise me in the least. Each wedding I have attended seems to be glitzier and glossier than the last, with each bride and groom eager to out do the one who has gone before them. Looking back at the photographs, many of the beautiful weddings I have been fortunate enough to attend wouldn’t look out of place gracing front cover of Hello!
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Increase in divorces amongst Expats in Dubai, by Marwa Hadi
2 May 2012
Dubai has always been popular with Expats who leave the UK for the sunnier climate and tax free salaries.
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The end of the affair
2 May 2012
I was a guest on BBC Radio Manchester this morning, discussing the launch of ‘The Marriage Foundation’ by Sir Paul Coleridge. The Foundation is an independent charity intended to champion the institution of marriage as “the gold standard for relationships”. In response to Sir Paul’s assertion that divorce was now simply a “form filling exercise” and that getting a divorce was easier than getting a driving licence, BBC Radio Manchester’s Heather Stott programme asked listeners to call in and say why they had got divorced, and how they felt about it.
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Band of gold
20 April 2012
I’ve just come back from a much needed holiday in Dubai. It’s impossible not to be in awe of the enormity of it all and in particular, the excess: the incredible food, the shopping (there are more than 70 shopping malls, would you believe) the sheer height of the buildings – and of course the incredible number of ex-pats who live there. Of course, as a global city and a business hub the latter is hardly surprising.
