Industry reacts to Olympic sailor Sir Ben Ainslie and wife Georgie welcoming second child via surrogacy
In a recent interview with The Daily Telegraph, Olympic sailor Sir Ben Ainslie and his wife Georgie opened up about their path to parenthood, revealing that they used a surrogate in California to welcome their second child, a son named Fox, born in 2021. This decision came after years of fertility struggles that Georgie described […]
Assisted dying: UK can easily learn from Canada’s mistakes, think tank says
Ahead of Kim Leadbeater’s bill text being introduced, new briefing shows lessons UK can learn on eligibility and safeguards from failures in Canadian assisted dying policy. The Social Market Foundation – a cross-party think tank – said that Canada’s experience need not deter the UK from a carefully controlled and compassionate approach to assisted dying. […]
Family Court delays leave thousands of families and 20k children in prolonged uncertainty
With UK family courts facing significant delays—some cases now taking an average of 43 weeks to reach resolution—families and children are increasingly impacted by the extended court timelines. These delays are particularly challenging in private family law cases, where thousands of couples and nearly 20,000 children wait in limbo. In light of the current challenges […]
Family lawyers urged to spot the signs of coercive control as survey reveals 1 in 5 have been a victim
A new survey has revealed that coercive control is at risk of becoming increasingly normalised in the UK, with 20% of adults having experienced this form of abuse in a relationship and 36% unaware it is a crime. Commissioned by Maguire Family Law, a divorce and family law firm with specialisms in complex, international, and […]
Average age of those requesting prenuptial agreements hits ‘all-time low’
The average age of those requesting a prenuptial agreement to protect their assets and personal finances against their spouses has decreased by 10 years in the last five years, insights from a family law specialist has revealed. Teresa Davidson, Head of Family Law at Winston Solicitors, reports that the average age of her enquiries to […]
Survey of rape survivors in England and Wales highlights urgent need for better police support
In England and Wales, survivors of rape and sexual assault have voiced a powerful message, aligning with Gisèle Pelicot’s words in France: “shame belongs to perpetrators, not them,” as reported by The Guardian. This statement emerged in the largest-ever survey of sexual assault survivors, released by the government’s key adviser on rape crime. The survey, […]
Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings & the Resolution Report
Within Resolution’s ground-breaking report published this month there is a call for a “cultural shift from all family justice professionals to better meet the needs of victim-survivors of domestic abuse seeking the resolution of finances on divorce”. There is an acute awareness by all of us who practice in family law that abusers use the […]
A family lawyer’s perspective on Labour’s first budget
There was much anticipation ahead of Labour’s first budget since being elected into government. The usual media frenzy and some questionable headlines fuelled panic with people wanting to cash in their investments, their pensions and bring forward house purchases/sales to avoid the anticipated tax rises. Rachel Reeves pledges to reduce national debt and to boot […]
