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 […]
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 […]
Going to court is not always the easiest route to take if you are trying to resolve the myriad of issues a divorce will inevitably table. However, many people are simply not aware of the non-court options for divorcing couples. They are, however, well worth exploring. Court can be unpredictable, stressful, hostile not to mention […]
Resolution have published their findings on the impact of economic abuse on Financial Remedy proceedings. Their report takes a detailed look into the relationship between the financially related aspects of domestic abuse and the division of finances on separation, divorce or dissolution. The report brings together the thoughts of a working group Resolution assembled mid-way […]
The Government has announced they will pilot the new Domestic Abuse Protection Notice and Domestic Abuse Protection Order next month. The pilot will be run in specially chosen police forces, Greater Manchester, Croydon, Sutton, Bromley and the British Transport Police. From early 2025 domestic abuse specialists will join officers in these forces’ control rooms. Their role […]
In a recent blog we looked at whether a sperm donor has legal rights to the children born as a result of their donation. In this blog we’d like to look at a very similar question, whether egg donors have legal rights to a child in the UK. Donating eggs to someone in need is an […]
The Observer newspaper has reported that Operation Early Dawn, a long-standing contingency measure that would allow defendants to be held in police cells until prison beds become available, could be triggered as early as next week to avoid newly sentenced rioters overcrowding UK jails. While greater capacity is needed to house those being sentenced, there […]