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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Marriage versus Civil Partnerships
Prime Minister, Theresa May, has announced that opposite sex couples will be allowed to enter civil partnerships as an alternate to getting married, a right only previously awarded to same sex couples. Civil partnerships have been open to same sex couples since 2005. Marriage has been open to same sex couples since 2014. The new laws will end an...
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Drug and Alcohol Misuse In The Family
Drug and alcohol misuse is a complex issue. When someone is misusing or suffering from addiction, not only does it have a vast negative impact on their own life, it affects everyone around them. Those who misuse or are addicted may suffer from depression or struggle to control their emotions, find it difficult to hold down a job or perform...
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Variation of spousal maintenance
The Supreme Court has considered an application to vary a periodical payments order (otherwise known as spousal maintenance) in the recent case of Mills v Mills [2018] UKSC 38. The parties had been married for 13 years and had one child. They had enjoyed a good standard of living during the marriage, largely due to the husband’s financial...
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Departure from equal sharing of assets on divorce in cases with a high net worth
It is clear from case law that the court will apply the ‘sharing principle’ as a starting point where there is sufficient capital to meet parties’ needs, to divide all marital assets equally, unless there is good reason to depart from equality. Marital assets include all property built up during the relationship, irrespective of the proportions...
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Questions to ask a divorce solicitor on first meeting
Seeing a divorce lawyer for the first time can feel like a daunting and overwhelming experience, especially when you are likely to be feeling stressed and emotional, and it can be difficult to know what you should say. Everybody’s case is different, but below are some of the questions that you may want to ask your divorce lawyer at your first...
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