Civil partnership or same sex marriage

A number of my gay and lesbian friends have either celebrated or will be celebrating their 10-year civil partnership anniversary and this led me to reflect on the law in relation to civil partnerships and same sex marriages in the United Kingdom. The Civil Partnership Act 2004 was ground-breaking legislation which came into force in […]

Divorce Settlements and the Importance of Disclosure

On Monday morning, before leaving for work, I turned on my TV to listen to the news and I ended up fixated by the story of two former wives who have made applications to the Supreme Court to have their finance cases re-opened because they provide that their former spouses misled the Court about their […]