Thousands of children will receive greater support as the government pledges millions to improve the family courts following the success of the Pathfinder pilot. More children, families and victims of domestic abuse will all be spared from the distress of going to court as the innovative Pathfinder pilot is expanded. The Pathfinder pilot launched in […]
The Online Safety Act 2023 introduced offences designed to stop both the sharing and threatening to share intimate images including ‘deepfakes’. However, it was not a criminal offence to create these types of images without consent. That is until now. The passing of the proposed introduction of new law will criminalise deepfakes of a sexually […]
Patrick Hurley, MP for Southport, has called for Axel Rudakubana’s sentence to be reviewed. He believes a minimum of 52 years is “not severe enough” and does not “reflect the crimes committed”. The sentence is one of the highest minimum custody terms ever recorded. It is also highly likely that Rudakubana will die in prison […]
The Law Commission’s recent review of the ways finances are dealt with during and after divorce and the dissolution of civil partnerships was published in December 2024. One question the report poses is whether to make prenups legally binding. The report explores many key issues relating to divorce and separation; it looks at how pensions […]
Our starting point to consider recent developments in the area of conduct in Financial Remedy cases is the Mostyn J decision in OG -v- AG [2020] EWFC 52 in which he expressed strong views on financial misconduct and litigation misconduct. The former affects the award whereas the latter affects costs. In OG -v- AG Mostyn […]
Millions of UK residents travel abroad at Christmas, particularly those with young families craving Santa, snow and reindeer or a little winter sun. However, what many may not realise is that separated or divorced parents could be turned away from flights if their surname is different to their children’s. Those who have travelled with their […]
The review of financial remedies commissioned by the Law Commission in April 2023 will finally publish its conclusions in a ‘scoping paper’ on the 18th of December. Although the conclusions will soon be public, the law commissioner Professor Nick Hopkins recently warned a Westminster Legal Policy Forum conference that the paper will not contain any […]
Keir Starmer has told the country the government is planning to introduce a new law for drink spiking – the act of adding drugs to a person’s drink – that will make it a criminal offence. This is meant to be a response to the continued rise in drink spiking cases which according to figures […]
A pension is often a couple’s most valuable asset, more valuable in many cases than their home. The way a pension is divided during divorce is not straightforward. The way the law deals with public sector pensions in divorce is even more involved. One of the reasons why dealing with public sector pensions in a […]
Increased support for the victims of crime and specialist Rape and Serious Sexual Offence units has been promised in the Autumn budget as part of the increased funding awarded to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The CPS has been given £49 million in additional funding to help them address the enormous pressure the criminal justice […]