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- The Bill makes important changes to the legal process for married couples to obtain a divorce, for civil partners to dissolve their civil partnership, or for obtaining a judicial separation. News, 09/01/2020, free
- Divorcing couples will no longer have to blame one another for the breakdown of their marriage as a Bill that seeks to reduce family conflict enters Parliament today (7 January 2020). News, 08/01/2020, free
- The case concerned an application by the husband to set aside: a) an order for deemed service of a divorce petition; b) all orders which stemmed from that petition (certificate of entitlement, decree nisi, decree absolute). The question for the court was: did the alleged procedural errors in service render the orders void or voidable? The court concluded that: a) under the Family Procedure Rules (“FPR”) the alleged errors in service would not necessarily render these orders void; b) when considering the prejudice to both parties, this was not a case where the orders were void; d) if the orders were voidable the court would not exercise its discretion and set aside the orders. The husband’s application was dismissed. News, 13/12/2019, free
- The Court of Appeal recently gave judgment in Read v Panzone & Anor [2019] EWCA Civ 1662, an appeal concerning s37 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. The Court gave significant warnings to first instance judges about the dangers of making findings of fact on alternate bases: although judges may be tempted to take this ‘belt and braces’ approach, it may simply muddy the waters and confuse the issues for the parties. News, 06/12/2019, free
- Biggest shake up of divorce laws in 50 years aimed at reducing conflict and supporting children and families. News, 14/06/2019, free
- On Sunday, the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019 came into force in accordance with section 6(3) of the Act. News, 29/05/2019, free
- Cases of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) added to the FGM Enhanced Dataset collection platform between 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2019 England. News, 28/05/2019, free
- Information on the number of cases reported to the government’s Forced Marriage Unit via its public helpline and email inbox from 1 January to 31 December 2018. News, 28/05/2019, free
- New legislation to overhaul divorce law and reduce family conflict. News, 09/04/2019, free
- 'work is moving on to release the remaining parts of the divorce process, namely decree nisi and degree absolute, in the next few months' News, 09/04/2019, free