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Is there any real significance to how likely you’re to get divorced, depending on where you live? Well, our team took off on a New Year quest to discover the answer! We found out in which regions of England you’re most and least likely to get Divorced during the month of January. Divorce capital(s) of England. Spoiler alert: it’s South…
Your marriage seems to have turned into a disaster. The relationship isn’t working, you are arguing all the time. And it seems that there is nothing else you can do to fix your family and still be together as a couple. So now you are thinking about seperation. It could solve the problem and finally give you a happy life.…
When we say that January is THE Divorce month of the year, we aren’t exaggerating. Over recent years, January has unofficially become synonymous with divorce. ‘Divorce Day’ falls on the first Monday of the year, with Tuesday 4th January 2022 being the next. Divorce related search queries on Google saw more than a 25% increase from December 2020 to…
As many people know the concept of no-fault divorce was supposed to be enshrined in law by the Divorce Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 with implementation soon thereafter. Now though the government hopes the new landscape for no-fault divorce may be capable of implementation by April 2022. The reason for the delay is so the courts can build the necessary…
In our latest editorial for Mersey Life, we look at some of our recent cases and questions where odd, but important, legal issues have arisen. Pensions & Pension Sharing Pots Often in divorce one of the biggest subjects for discussion are pensions and pension sharing orders. We hear it all the time, “I want a share of their pension” and…
Well not as long as it’s taking now! We are currently involved in a case where we had a case adjourned on the 6th of September 4 hours before it was scheduled to happen – just a phone call saying the case had been removed from the list because the court couldn’t accommodate it and it still has no new hearing…
Wirral Life talk to Chris Sweetman and Peter Marples of Fair Result, a team of specialist divorce lawyers offering a new approach to achieve a fairer result for clients. Why did you set up fair-result ? Through a frustration with the existing process of divorce where often wives are starved of cash so they can’t defend themselves properly and it…
3 Ways Artificial Intelligence can help Divorce Artificial Intelligence, also known as AI, has a major impact on life in general. There are many industries that can benefit from the advances in AI. Family law is one of those industries. With AI technology, family law could change for the better. What is AI? When most people think of AI, they…
In any divorce the parties can agree financial division of the marital pot informally between themselves. However, for it to ultimately be biding it needs to be approved by a judge at court. Although you can bring an application for financial remedy years after the divorce it is much more straightforward to deal with it at the time of the…
Well, the system is stacked against us. All of us. It’s complicated, outdated, and inefficient, which is both time consuming and potentially very costly. No, this is not some conspiracy theory. This is just how it is: The divorce system encourages fighting. At its core, divorce is a lawsuit: X versus Y. And lawsuits are fights. Even the formal documents that frame…