The last six months have seen the implementation of some of the biggest changes in the organisation of family law courts in recent decades. This series of wide ranging reforms have been introduced in an attempt to provide judicial continuity, and to simplify and speed up the process by attempting to settling disputes before court proceedings, so […]
That’s the question posed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in its recent consultation. They’ve been asking whether the law should be changed to allow and recognise marriages by non-religious belief organisations. For the purpose of the consultation, the definition of a belief organisation is: ‘an organisation whose principal or sole purpose is the advancement […]
Official government figures show that although the number of people taking up family mediationhas fallen in the 12 months to June 2014, those who do take up the opportunity have become more successful in achieving a full agreement. In 2012-13 only 67% of couples managed to get their arrangements sorted out through family mediation; in 2013-14, […]
A Legal Services Payment Order (LSPO) is an interim order that you can apply for if you need money from your ex-spouse to settle unpaid legal fees, so that you can afford to pay for the services of a solicitor (or barrister, payments to the court, or other legal fees), for the proceedings that still to come. […]
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