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Category: Family

Divorce and division of assets: Where to begin

In the first of a series of short articles looking at the financial matters arising out of a divorce, Susannah Burley of our Family Law team looks at what happens at the very start. Next in the series will be negotiations and Consent Orders. When going through a divorce or separation it isn’t as easy

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Mediation – how and when it works

There’s an old saying that when you are at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards, writes David Anstee of the KWW family law team. You could say that’s a good metaphor for mediation, an approach to resolving disputes we as a family law specialist would always recommend to our clients

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Divorce: End of the blame game

The divorce law in England and Wales will change next spring, says our Head of Family Law David Anstee, replacing the Matrimonial Causes Act which came into force in 1973. For those whose memory stretches back that far, that’s the year Princess Anne married Captain Mark Phillips (divorced in 1992) and Six Million Dollar Man

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Financial arrangements after dissolution of a civil partnership

While some of the formalities are different, when it comes to dealing with financial disputes arising from the dissolution of a civil partnership, the same principles apply as would on divorce, says our head of family law David Anstee. Full and frank disclosure of assets and liabilities It is important each partner discloses their financial

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Where will our children live after our separation?

Following separation. parents usually want to minimise any disruption to their children, ensuring that they soon settle into a new routine – whether that is in the existing family home, or following a move to a new home.  Where your children will live may be an obvious or straightforward decision, for example if one parent

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Steps to ending an abusive marriage

Research suggests that as many as one in four women and one in eight men will experience abuse in their marriage at some point.  “Ending an abusive marriage will mean not only leaving your spouse but also formally divorcing them,” says David Anstee, family law expert at KWW. “This is a daunting but important step,

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Parental responsibility: The key points

Families now come in all shapes and sizes, and children may live with parents who are cohabiting, married, separated or divorced. They may be part of a step-family, live with adoptive parents, grandparents, other relatives or a special guardian. If you have spent many years living with and developing a close bond with a child,

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Benefits of a clean-break agreement on divorce

You may feel overwhelmed with the changes you are facing as you go through a divorce, and quite often going from a household with two incomes to one can be a struggle. If you do not own a house or have other assets, it can be tempting to cut costs and ignore seeking advice from

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Busting the myths of cohabitation

Unmarried couples are not offered the same protection as married couples and civil partners. Cohabiting couples often assume that moving in together creates similar rights and responsibilities as marriage (so-called ‘common-law marriage’) or absolutely no rights at all. Both beliefs are wrong. If you are moving in together, or you are the parent of someone

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