Empowering the Backbone In a commendable move, the UK government has solidified its stance on bolstering family-friendly rights through a trilogy of significant legislations. The Carer’s Leave Act 2023, the Protection From Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023, and the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023, are monumental steps towards creating a balanced […]
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Peculiar Concerns for Family Solicitors in 2019
Family Law solicitors have to deal with a lot of sensitive and emotional cases. The most demanding situations for a family solicitor always involves children. Here are some new more problematic issues facing them today. Twofold increase in Child-Parent Abuse since 2016 This isn’t the usual parent or caretaker abusing their children as you might […]
Legislation To Protect Separating UK Unmarried Couples Overdue
According to the Office Of National Statistics, unmarried couples and families living together are the fastest growing cohabitants in the United Kingdom. As of 2016, there are approximately 3.3 million cohabiting families and the number has doubled since the statistics taken 1996 at 1.5 million. Legislation for the protection of unmarried couples and families is […]
Divorce Laws in the UK
In Europe, you would find that the judicial system varies from country to country. In the UK, for instance, the ‘English law’ applies, while North Ireland has its own legal system that is mostly identical to English family laws with minor changes, if any. Then you have Scotland’s legal system, which firstly is in a […]
Dealing with legal matters
For the majority of people, dealing with legal matters, is an activity which they prefer to avoid. With so much at stake, the experience can become extremely stressful. However, at some time in our lives, most of us will need to have contact with a solicitor. Whether it is for a simple matter such as […]