With the increasing costs of living and the high property prices, 'standard' mortgages are becoming increasingly difficult for first time buyers to obtain. One alternative is to consider co-ownership. I've written a blog post on joint… Read More

Historically, family lawyers may have answered these two questions with 'no' and then 'what's the point'? In the past few years however, case law has developed such that pre-nuptial agreements have become more enforceable, subject to… Read More

Have you reached that time in your life when your savings have dwindled, money is tight and you need a cash lump sum or source of income? This could be for a variety of reasons: essential repairs to your property, a Pension… Read More

Recent PR statements from insurance industry spokesmen have given the impression the insurance industry is swamped with fraudulent and exaggerated claims and that they are manfully manning the barricades fighting for morality and justice.… Read More

Our online ReviewMyWill service aims to help anyone whose will may be out of date or unclear. Read More

The modern world is continually striving for services to be provided at greater speed and with less hassle; and buying a property is no exception. On the face of it, buying a property at auction appears to meet… Read More

Recent figures produced by the Office for National Statistics show that in the last ten years, the number of married couples living together with dependent children has decreased, whilst the number of non-married couples living together… Read More

The first same sex couples will be able to tie the knot on 29th March 2014 as the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act comes into force. This is one of many pieces of legislation introduced by the Coalition Government which has, in the… Read More

Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings to become a mandatory requirement. Early last week, Parliament considered the Children and Families Bill. Within the Bill is a proposed change to the law concerning Family Mediation and the… Read More

We start the New Year with England controversially opening its borders to Romanian immigrants, amidst the release of net migration figures from when the Labour Government was last in office, amounting to a population twice the size of… Read More

The 6th January is dubbed by many divorce lawyers to be Divorce Monday and it is true that January is often the busiest month of the year for starting divorce proceedings. Twice as many divorces are filed in January than the second… Read More