United Kingdom: Divorce

It is a question that tends to surface in moments of real emotional weight. Sometimes it reflects frustration or distance. At other times, something much deeper, a relationship that has broken down to the point where continuing as before no longer feels possible.

Substance abuse can place significant strain on a marriage, eroding trust and creating serious emotional and financial challenges for families.

An expert panel chaired by HHJ Hess examines the Government's proposals for reforming financial remedies, cohabitation, and inheritance law in England and Wales. Leading practitioners and academics discuss the implications of the Fairer End to Relationships consultation, bringing together diverse perspectives on these significant proposed changes to family law. The panel features specialists in pensions on divorce, financial remedies, and trust and estates law, offering insights into how these reforms could

Remarrying after divorce without resolving financial matters can permanently prevent you from claiming important financial remedies against your former spouse. Understanding which claims are affected, which survive remarriage, and how to protect your position before entering a new marriage or civil partnership is essential for anyone with unresolved divorce finances.

Most people assume that once a financial settlement has been approved by the court, the matter is finished. The assets have been divided, the paperwork signed, and both parties move on with their lives.

Divorce proceedings in the agricultural sector present unique challenges when farmland, livestock, machinery, and generational assets are at stake. From protecting inherited property and ensuring full financial disclosure to managing tax implications and safeguarding business viability, farming families face complex decisions that can impact decades of work and future succession plans.

The place of behaviour or "conduct" in the separate financial proceedings associated with divorce remains, by contrast, a vexed issue.

The breakdown of a relationship is a profoundly destabilising life event. When a separation is amicable, the transition is challenging enough but when a relationship ends amidst toxicity or abuse...

Deciding how to divide assets during a divorce can be an emotional and stressful process for many and so when an agreement is eventually reached, it can feel like a weight has been lifted...