Tag: Divorce

Lewis Rodgers – Providing Legal Services Across Cheshire

As a well established leading firm of Solicitors based in offices across Cheshire, we are proud to serve the local communities across an ever-expanding area, we are delighted to announce that we are able to provide our usual great legal services to people across: Winsford, Northwich, Middlewich, Sandbach, Crewe, Nantwich, Congeleton, Macclesfield and Tarporley. We…




Family – Children; Contact Order; Residence Order

Residence and Contact Orders – Disclosure of Evidence Re J (a child) (disclosure): Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lord Justices Thorpe and McFarlane, Lady Justice Hallett): 21 September 2012 The instant proceedings concerned a child, who was aged 10 years old. The parents had separated in December 2002 and the father returned to his home…




Landmark ‘Divorce’ Settlement in Civil Partnership Breakdown

For the first time the Court of Appeal has adjusted a settlement between two men following a civil partnership breakdown. Originally Mrs Justice Parker ruled that Mr Donald Gallagher should be awarded a £1.7m ‘divorce’ settlement. However, three Appeal Court judges reduced this sum by more than £250,000. The parties entered in to their relationship…




No Fault Divorces

The President of the High Court’s Family Division, Sir Nicholas Wall has said: “No fault divorces should become standard”. Sir Nicholas believes this would be better than the current procedure of proving that one side is responsible for the breakdown of a marriage. Sir Nicholas Wall argues that the “time for allocating blame for the…




Annika’s Diary # 4

I have been doing a wide variety of work these last two weeks including Domestic Violence applications, Injunction Matters and Children Matters. I have also visited court to assist Counsel and observe family proceedings as well as making my own applications for ex parte Non Molestation Orders, Prohibited Steps and Residence Orders and an application…




Annika’s Diary # 3

I have been doing a wide variety of work these last two weeks including Domestic Violence applications, Conveyancing Matters, Divorce Matters, billing, and blogging too! I have also visited court and observed family proceedings as well as making my own applications for an ex parte Non Molestation Order, an ex parte Prohibited Steps Order and…