‘Long way until family law catches up with reality’ on anniversary of no-fault divorce
A London law firm has commented on the modern relationship landscape, after two years since the introduction of no-fault divorces in the UK. The latest divorce figures have shown a decline in applications, despite an expected surge due to the mandatory 20-week waiting period. Between October and December 2023 there were 23,517 divorce applications under […]
Private Member Bills That Are Set To Return In 2020
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 first time, the ballot was drawn by students from the Education Centre. Private member’s bills are draft laws that have […]
General Attorney Appeals Landmark Case Regarding Islamic Marriages
This month saw Attorney General, Geoffrey Cox, intervene in a case whereby a family court judge had decided a woman in a faith marriage, was entitled to apply for maintenance payment after a separation, despite the fact the marriage was not legal. Nasreen Akhter and Mohammed Shabaz Khan had a Nikah, an Islamic wedding ceremony, in front of 150 guests in 1998, but in 2016 […]
Opposite-Sex Civil Partnerships Legal From 2nd December
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 contrary to article 14 of European Convention of Human Rights (protection from discrimination) taken in conjunction with Article 8 of the […]
The Greatest Financial Risks For Women
While women are increasingly better educated than men, they earn less, feel less financially secure, provide the bulk of unpaid care, have smaller pensions, face greater hardship in later life and struggle to pay for their own old-age care a new report has found. A report published by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), has found that […]
