How Can Adults Assume A Role In Their Partner’s Children’s Lives?
This week, BBC 1 aired the documentary ‘Becoming A Step Family’ which told the story of Rio and Kate Ferdinand and Rio’s children’s journey to becoming a step family after the death of his late wife, and the children’s mother, Rebecca, in 2015. It touched on a number of themes: life and love after loss, […]
How Should Cryptoassets Be Treated Legally In Marriage And Divorce?
Cryptoassets continue to grab headlines after the recent decision by a judge in the Commercial Court who found that a cryptoasset, such as Bitcoin, was a form of property capable of being the subject of a proprietary injunction. In this case the claimant obtained an injunction against the defendants, freezing the Bitcoin. This follows on […]
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 […]
