The subject of child maintenance can be a delicate one for parents going through a separation. Who has to pay? How much do they have to pay? How can...
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High Net Worth Divorce – how we can help.
At Consilia legal both myself and our family law director Laura Clapton pride ourselves on being experts in family law matters and between us...
Divorce and Issues of Capacity
When an individual is involved in any type of family law proceedings including divorce, they need to have the mental capacity to be able to...
Can money bring you love?
Winning big on the lottery for most of us is a dream come true, jetting off around the world and never having to get up for a Monday morning ever...
Divorce Law Reform On its Way!
To the delight of family lawyers and divorce law reform campaigners, it was announced on Tuesday 9th April 2019 that the divorce laws in...
Congratulations to Emma who has qualified as a Solicitor today
Congratulations to our Emma Cartlidge who has qualified as a solicitor today! Emma will be joining the Employment Law team under the guidance of...
The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund is our chosen partner charity for 2019
Consilia legal are proud to announce that they have chosen The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund as their chosen charity for the year! The Children’s...
Free Employment Law update – Thursday 28th March
Our Employment Law team will be holding a free Employment Law update on Thursday 28th March 2019. We are also really pleased to be teaming up with...
Welcome to Matthew Bretherick
Consilia Legal would like to welcome Matthew Bretherick on board as the new Paralegal in the Leeds office. Matthew joins Consilia Legal after...
Featured Blog: The importance of Pensions on Divorce
In the first instalment of our Consilia Legal guest posts, we are joined by Victoria Hicks, Independent Financial Adviser and Director of Private...
Domestic Abuse Bill
What is the Domestic Abuse Bill? In March 2017, according to the Office for National Statistics, there were 464,886 cases of domestic abuse cases...
The Good Work Plan: Fair & decent work – Continuous employment
One of the initial considerations of a potential employment tribunal claim is whether the employee has the relevant period of continuous employment...
Gender Pay Gap Reporting
On 17 January 2019, the government's response to the Committee's report on strengthening gender pay gap reporting was published. The report itself...
New Guidelines to give children a voice!
Family Mediation Week is in full swing and during this week, family mediation services across the Country will campaign to promote family mediation...
Is your client emotionally ready to attend mediation?
Recently the University of Exeter law School started a project aimed to provide evidence about the usage, experience and outcomes of Alternative...
The Good Work Plan: Fair & decent work – Agency Workers
Under current legislation (the “Swedish Derogation” Regulation 10 of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010) businesses are able to avoid paying agency...
The Good Work Plan: Fair & decent work – New right to request a more stable contract
Following our recent general overview of the upcoming legislation changes proposed under The Good Work Plan published on 17th December 2018, this...
Divorce Day or Mediation Monday?
Open a newspaper in January and you’ll no doubt see a lot of articles about divorce with the use of punchy headlines such as “Divorce day”, “D-Day”...
Legislation Update
Further to our recent update about the Good Work Plan you might be interested in further Regulations which come in to force in April 2020. You can...
The Good Work Plan
You may have been reading about the changes to employment law this last week in and amongst the barrage of Brexit news. If you haven’t been on top...
Employment Status Update
This week the Manchester Employment Tribunal will consider the employment status of Jess Varnish, the former British track sprinter. Varnish is...
Consilia Legal Shortlisted for the Modern Law Awards
Consilia Legal are pleased to announce that they have been shortlisted for the Modern Law Awards, Boutique Law Firm of the Year (1 -10 employees)...
Good Divorce Week 2018 – Day 1
This week is ‘Good Divorce Week’, Resolution's National Annual Awareness Raising Week which is aimed to minimise the impact of conflict on children....
Liability of directors – whistleblowing update
Most people know that I have a keen interest in whistleblowing cases and follow this area closely. By way of an update then for those of you who...
Congratulations to our family team who have been ranked in the Legal 500 for the third year running
The Legal 500 have announced the results for this year’s solicitor UK rankings. We are delighted to announce that our family team have been ranked...
5 Employment law changes to be aware of in 2019
1. Executive pay gap reporting in force - 1 January 2019 Under the Companies Act 2006 regulations UK listed companies with 250 plus UK employees are...
Funding Your Claim – Insurance Based Scheme
Employment Tribunal Claims have soared since July 2017 I read today in the Law Society Gazette. This is not news to me of course. Having set up the...
Video game ‘Fortnite’ is cited as a reason for 200 divorces in the UK
The video game ‘Fortnite’ has become a huge part of pop culture over the course of 2018. It is free to play, is accessible on smartphones and games...
Parental Alienation
Parental alienation involves the 'programming' of a child by one parent to degrade the other parent with the intent to undermine the child's...
‘No Fault’ Divorce Campaign Update!
Here at Consilia legal we have been campaigning to change the current archaic law on divorce and bring it in line with modern day living. We are...