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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Wealth Protection and Relationship Breakdown
Ensuring Protection of Wealth Before and After Marriage In our latest video guide, Jane Tenquist , Partner and Head of the Family department discusses wealth protection and relationship breakdown. Areas to be discussed How can you protect your wealth before marriage? How can you protect your wealth after marriage? How does the family court treat...
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Do Unmarried Fathers Have Parental Responsibility?
The Parental Responsibility of Unmarried Fathers In our latest Family Law video guide, Sarah Whitelegge , a Senior Associate in the Family department considers what parental responsibility is and what it means in relation to a child. Areas Covered The guide considers the circumstances when an unmarried father will automatically have parental...
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Disagreements Relating To Children
Disagreeing on Issues Relating to Children We have made a short video guide that considers your options if are unable to reach an agreement with your former partner about issues concerning your children. Common areas of dispute include relocation within the UK or abroad, changing a child’s surname or what school a child should attend. Sarah...
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Child Arrangement During a Divorce
Making Arrangements for Your Children Myerson have made a short video guide to consider how you can sort out the arrangements for your children when you divorce or separate. Sarah Whitelegg e , a Senior Associate in the family department sets out how to make effective arrangements for your children about where they live and what time they spend...
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Financial Abuse in Divorce
Abuse can come in many forms, emotional, physical, psychological and financial. Financial abuse tends to build up over time, and it may isolate those who experience it from family and friends if they do not have money to socialise. Financial abuse is a form of controlling or coercive behaviour which may also indicate that other forms of domestic...
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RC v JC: a landmark case in relationship generated disadvantage
A wife has been awarded £400,000 in compensation for sacrificing her career as a solicitor during her marriage. The judge in the divorce case of RC v JC [2020] EWHC 466 (Fam) found that there was sufficient ‘relationship generated disadvantage’ to justify awarding the wife the compensation. Mr Justice Moor made it clear that this case is not a...
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Child Arrangements During The Christmas Period
Whilst it may be the most wonderful time of the year for many, for separated couples Christmas provides the opportunity for heated disputes over which parent the child should spend Christmas Day with causing inevitable distress for both the child and extended family members. Resolution, an organisation of 6,500 legal professionals who are...
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Shared Parental Leave – Are men entitled to the same pay as women on maternity leave?
If you’re having a baby or adopting a child, you and your partner may be able to get Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay. You can share up to 50 weeks of leave and up to 37 weeks of pay between you in the first year after your child is born or placed with your family. You can also choose to be off work together or to stagger...
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Divorce Consent Orders - What You Need To Know
A Consent Order is the single most important document that any divorcing couple are likely to sign. The agreement will cover what is to happen with their financial assets. A Consent Order is a legally binding document between two people who have agreed to divorce and separate their financial assets. A Consent Order puts in writing everything that...
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Single Parent Surrogacy
Single parents who have had a child born through surrogacy can now apply for parental orders and obtain a UK birth certificate. This means that they can become recognised as the child’s legal parent, extinguishing any rights and responsibilities of the surrogate. Previously, only couples were eligible to apply. To deal with this discrimination...
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Fraud in Divorce - is your ex crying poverty?
When going through divorce, full and frank disclosure is an essential element upon which financial negotiations and proceedings are based. For there to be a fair settlement, all assets and income need to be identified and valued. Occasionally, personal motives can mean that one party might overstate or understate asset values and/or income, or...
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Co-Parents find each other online
More and more individuals are using the internet and more specifically, co-parenting websites, to locate others to conceive a child with them. Usually, via artificial insemination. Websites such as Co-Parents.co.uk, Co-ParentMatch.com and PollenTree.com specialise in introducing couples who can’t or haven’t had the opportunity of conceiving...
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