Monthly Archives: September 2015

Cheap divorce – maybe not and here’s why!

I come from Yorkshire, I’ve got a Jewish surname, and all my grandparents are Scottish, so I understand the value of money. There’s a saying in Yorkshire “Can you get owt for nowt?”, Can you get something for paying nothing? Well there is also an old saying in life that “you tend to get what […]

Expats and divorce, how does it work and how we can help

I want to talk to you today about expats, right. And what I mean by that is British citizens who are not living in Britain, they’re living elsewhere. Unfortunately marriage breakdown happens to everybody wherever they live – whether they live in England or live in China. I am not saying that every marriage ends […]

Why I’m scared of crocodiles!

I want to tell you something that not many people know about me. And it’s to do with these things. I grew up in Africa. By the shores of Lake Victoria and Lake Tangyanika. There were not many swimming pools. And what we used to do is go swimming in the Lake. In Lake Tangyanika […]

The red book and why you need to read it!

This is part of a series of videos about books that you will need to refer to if you’re going through a divorce – or your lawyer will. This one is called the ‘red book’, it’s the Family Court Practice, it comes out in June of each year so this is the 2015 one. So if you’re […]

The new family court and how it affects you

My name’s Andrew Isaacs, I am a divorce lawyer. I’d like to talk to you today about Family Law, and in particular the Family Court. In April 2014 we had a big bang: Our President – the President of the Family Division – Sir James Munby – brought in a lot of reforms. And what happened […]

Dictionary of financial remedies – books for divorce

Hi, this is part of a series of videos I am doing on books which are pretty nigh essential if you’re involved in divorce proceedings. Now this one – this book here is not anywhere near as expensive as the ‘red book’ – which I’ve done a separate video about – but it’s still something like 60 […]

Online divorce – the hidden costs

My name’s Andrew Isaacs, thank you for looking at this video and for coming to my website – I hope you find it helpful. I want to talk to you today about online divorce. Can you do it? Should you do it? Is it a good idea? What are the downsides? What are the upsides? Well […]

Court fees in 2015 – what does divorce cost?

I want to talk to you about court fees. Now we all know that legal fees can be expensive, but part of the process involves payments that are made to the court itself and they’re what we call ‘court fees’. Now if you’re going to get divorced you have to pay the court a fee […]

The family law protocol book

Thanks for watching this video – it’s about – it’s one of a series of videos that I am doing about books that you really ought to know about in any divorce proceedings. This is the ‘Family Law Protocol’. It’s the latest one. It was issued in November 2010. It’s not the most recent in terms […]