Top 10 Tips for Employers on the Employment Rights Act 2025 Reforms
Have you made the changes you need to comply with the reforms already in force? The Employment Rights Act 2025 is the most significant shake-up of employment law in decades, which is currently being implemented in phases. A first wave of changes is already in force (April 2026), with further major reforms expected from October 2026 and into...
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Changing Role of Men in the Household – House husbands
During the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in the number of men taking on the role of a house husband. The migration of employees working from home has contributed to this, with more workforces offering flexible...
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How to Cope With Finances on Divorce in the Current Economic Climate
Given the current situation with the economic climate, there are a few practical steps you could consider in the hopes of alleviating some of the financial pressure faced during divorce and financial remedy proceedings. Council Tax reduction There...
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Fed up With Paying Spousal Maintenance? What Can You Do?
A Spousal maintenance order, also known as a periodical payments order, is an obligation for one party to pay the other a sum of money on a weekly or monthly basis. If the court grants a spousal maintenance order, it will need to determine whether to grant a joint-lives order or if it is more appropriate to impose maintenance for a defined...
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Parental Responsibility: Who Has It?
Parental Responsibility concerns the rights, duties, powers and responsibilities that a parent has by law towards a child. For example, making decisions about where a child should live and agreeing to their medical treatment. If a child's mother and father are married or in a civil partnership, both automatically have Parental Responsibility...
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Surrogacy: Route to Parenthood
Surrogacy is the process by which a child is carried through pregnancy by a woman who had entered into an arrangement with the intention that, at birth, the child and parental responsibility for the child will be transferred to another person or persons, known as the intended parent(s). Either a couple or a single person can agree to have a child...
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder Causing Relationship Breakdown
It is common for spouses to cite difficulties experienced in coping with their former partner’s extreme personality traits as a reason for the breakdown of the marriage. Frequently, a former partner is labelled as having a narcissistic personality disorder.
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Will Divorce Affect My Social Life?
Though divorce may not carry the same stigma as it once did, divorce has widespread implications, not just financial ones. Divorce is rarely consensual. In most cases, one party decides to leave the marriage well before the other party has been informed that the marriage is over. That person often feels bereft; their life as they once knew it...
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What Are The Common Reasons For Family Breakdown And Divorce?
There are all sorts of reasons why a marriage or a relationship can break down, and it is important that you obtain legal advice at an early stage if you are contemplating a divorce , to obtain advice on your finances, or to agree on arrangements for the children. The divorce rate in the United Kingdom is currently estimated at 42%. Common...
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Can I Relocate With My Child Abroad?
If you are separated or divorced and want to move abroad permanently with your child, you must obtain written consent from the other parent and/or any other person who has parental responsibility for the child. If the other parent will not agree to the proposed move, you could consider attending mediation. If you cannot reach an agreement at...
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Can I Stop Paying Child Maintenance if My Ex Stops Me Seeing the Kids?
Parents have a legal responsibility to provide financial support for their children even if they no longer live with or spend time with them. Often, children who have separated parents spend more or all of their time with one of their parents. The parent who has the greater amount of overnight contact with the children will be able to claim child...
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Immediate Financial Needs on Divorce or Separation
When going through a divorce or separation, your financial position will likely be one of your biggest worries. In this article, we look at different ways in which you can meet your immediate financial needs. If you have children, then child maintenance may be payable by the non-resident parent. The Child Maintenance Service has some useful...
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What Is the Difference Between Decree Nisi and Decree Absolute?
The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (DDSA 2020) came into force on 6 April 2022. The Act introduces 'no fault divorce’ in that it removes the requirement to establish a fact as to the reason for the divorce and allows either or both parties to a marriage to apply for a divorce order which dissolves the marriage on the ground that...
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