Covid-19 and child maintenance
Harriet Donavan is a solicitor at Stowe Family Law, shares her insight into the impact the pandemic has had on child maintenance and how practitioners can best support families navigating difficult times in their lives. Thousands of single parents have had their child maintenance payments reduced or stopped due to the financial impact of the […]
A practitioner’s guide to Litigation Funding
The last year has been a challenging time for many and has undoubtedly had an impact on personal relationships. A host of personal and financial challenges prevail and can inevitably lead to family breakdowns and a rise in the need for family law support. Since the pandemic hit the Office for National Statistics released figures […]
Intercountry adoption: exception requests
The Department for Education (DfE) has published information about exception requests to adopt children from countries with special restrictions. The guidance is aimed at prospective adopters and outlines the Department for Education’s process for handling exception requests to adopt children from countries where special restrictions are in place. The information reflects and expands on the […]
Is history repeating itself for the Royals?
A few years ago, when the relationship was becoming serious, I wrote a blog post about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from the perspective of a divorce lawyer. Given the two horrendous Royal divorces of the 90s, on which I used to frequently comment in the media, it struck me there were even more serious […]
