Having previously worked as a wedding photographer for 14 years, a change in family circumstances gave me a taste for family law, particularly in divorce, child custody and especially parental alienation.
I am now doing an LLM in Legal Practise with the aim to work within the legal industry, specialising in family law.
Last week saw a judgement that brought a blow to thousands of Muslim women, that meant they were not afforded any rights when it came to divorce. There had been some hope on an earlier
Under current rules, a woman’s choice to delay having children is being restricted, causing heart-breaking decisions when the time limit on storing her frozen eggs comes to an end. The Government however are calling for
2019 saw the 30th Anniversary of the Children Act 1989 as well as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) National Helpline. Over the last
The news that Philip Schofield has come out as gay, spread like wildfire through news outlets. The 57-year-old, loveable presenter has witnessed countless people from all walks of life, arrive on his ‘This Morning’ sofa
Victims of rape and sexual assault will receive a 50% funding boost to help with specialist support services. The boost to fund for victims of rape and sexual abuse across England and Wales will benefit
Today marks the start of the Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Week, with events across the country to speak out against sexual abuse, as well as stand up in support of victims and survivors. Sexual
On the anniversary of the government’s review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), a Law Society survey has shown an overwhelming public support of legal aid. Funding for domestic
Resolution lends its support to the Divorce Bill in a parliamentary briefing, ahead of the Bill’s second reading in the House of Lords today, the 5th February. Resolution, representing 6,500 family justice professionals, has thrown
The Law Society has published its Parliamentary briefing on the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill, more commonly known as the Divorce Bill. Giving its ‘unequivocal support in the introduction to the Divorce Bill, welcoming the
St John’s Buildings has welcomed barrister Andrew Mountain into its family law team. Specialising as a solicitor in family law for 35 years, Andrew Mountain transferred to the Bar in 2019 and has joined St
Education secretary Gavin Williamson has urged councils to prioritise finding vulnerable young people a stable, loving home. Calling on council to not ‘shy away from putting children forward for adoption’, Williamson has asked them to
Following a judge’s “outdated views” on the definition of rape, a High Court Judge has called for family court judges to receive training on the “appropriate” ways to handle rape cases. It emerged earlier this
A Judge has rejected that future earnings from a husband’s band tour should be classed as a matrimonial asset susceptible to being shared in their financial remedy claim. Considering the case of a base player
The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has called for victims of sexual harassment to share their stories in an aim to strengthen protections for employees from sexual harassment. The survey, one of the largest of its
A new bereavement law has been introduced, that will allow parents who have lost a child the opportunity to grieve, without the worry of work or finances, for two weeks. Under current UK rules, parents
Over 70,000 people have applied to divorce online, according to information from HM Courts and Tribunal Services (HMCTS) given to Tony Roe, a consultant at Penningtons Manches Cooper in Reading. Following the president of the
A transgender woman has given up her five-year family court battle to see her five children. Following the revelation that the woman, only known as J, had been living as a woman, she had left
The new Lord Mayor of Birmingham, and former chairman of Birmingham Central Mosque, has been widely criticised by campaigners for dismissing concerns regarding domestic violence and forced marriages. Shaista Gohir, the head of the Muslim
The Alliance of Sport, together with the Youth Justice Boards for England and Wales (YJB) have secured a £1,000,000 grant from the London Marathon Charitable Trust. Thanks to match funding and in-kind resources, the grant
A father of a woman who was killed by her ex-boyfriend, has said that new powers that came into force on Monday 20th January 2020, could have made a “critical difference” in the case of
The UK’s largest domestic violence charity, Refuge, has reported that 72% of its service uses have expressed that they have experienced tech abuse. Perpetrators of domestic abuse are increasingly using technology to abuse their victims,
In a bizarre divorce case from the States, a story has come to light that conjures images from Game of Thrones rather than a family court. A 40 year old man from Kansas, David Ostrom,
Following draft legislation laid down by the government on 16 January, television cameras will be given the authority to broadcast the sentencing remarks of judges in some high-profile courts throughout England and Wales. Applying to
The University of Wolverhampton has estimated that more than 133,000 children and young people in London are living without a secure immigration status, meaning they are restricted from accessing higher education, employment and housing. The
The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) has released the “Child abuse extent and nature, England and Wales: year ending March 2019” report. The report brings together a range of different sources from across
A pilot scheme that introduced a procedure for using an online system to generate applications in certain private law proceedings relating to children, has been extended until the 27th January 2020. Originally set to run
It is hard to go anywhere this week without hearing something about Harry and Meghan, or the term #Megxit. The news that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have decided to take a step back
A topic of conversation currently dominating the news is rape. Two headlines across many of the front pages are the Ayia Napa case and the Weinstein trial. If you have been on a social media
The first ever successful birth from IVF in the UK took place on the 25th July 1978 and since, there have been over five million babies born thanks to the procedure. IVF will be a
Scanning through Twitter quickly shows family law solicitors showing their annoyance at the term ‘Divorce Day’. Divorce Day has been coined by the media as the first working day back after Christmas where, supposedly, solicitors
8 days after the General Election, the day following the State Opening, the ballot was held to allocate the order in which private member’s bills will be introduced to the House of Lords. For the
The case of Steinfeld and Another v Secretary of State for Education in 2017 had the Court of Appeal find that that the provision, whereby civil partnership was only available to same sex couples, was