Maintenance and Lump Sum Claims for Children
October 31, 2011Family and Unmarried Couples In the case of FG v MBW [2011] a mother made an application for a ‘top up’ of maintenance from the father of her 11 year […]
Family and Unmarried Couples In the case of FG v MBW [2011] a mother made an application for a ‘top up’ of maintenance from the father of her 11 year […]
Family and Children In the case of C (Children) (Contact order) a mother lost her appeal against a ruling preventing her applying for contact with her children. The mother suffers […]
Family Finance In the recent case of S v AG [2011] a husband was awarded a share of his wife’s lottery win. The wife won £500,000 as part of a […]
Family Law In the case of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council v Watson [2011] a private investigator found to be in contempt of court had her 9 month prison sentence suspended. […]
Employment Law An employment tribunal has ruled that an employee was unfairly dismissed for making negative comments about her workplace on Facebook. In the case of Witham v Club 24 […]
Family Law The Prime Minister, David Cameron, announced plans on 10 October 2011 to make forced marriages a criminal offence. At the moment the breaking of a Forced Marriage Prevention […]
Landlord and Tenant Under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, long leaseholders of residential buildings can apply to take over the management of the building (subject to certain exceptions). […]
Family Law Iain Duncan Smith has used his speech at the recent Conservative party conference to issue a clear statement that married couples must be given tax breaks. The Work and […]
Employment Law At the Conservative Party conference the government revealed planned changes to employment law. The Chancellor, George Osborne, announced the government intends to change the qualifying period for an […]
Family Law As detailed previously the government has decided against making reforms to cohabitants legal rights in the current parliamentary term. The Law Society strongly believes that changes are needed […]
Family Law The Attorney General Dominic Grieve is to write to the Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke to raise concerns over the Government’s planned cuts to Legal Aid. Mr Grieve has […]
Landlord and Tenant Under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 leaseholders are liable to pay service charges where they are ‘reasonably incurred’. In the recent case of Garside and another […]
