Jan 23, 2020 | Family Law, Sarah's Blog
Conversations About the Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting As part of Family Mediation Week and to raise awareness of the benefits of mediation, I will be offering free initial mediation assessment meetings (MIAM) from 20th-24th January 2020. To take...
Jan 15, 2020 | Family Law
Where either or both parties to a divorce have an interest in a business, this will often bear relevance to the division of assets between the parties, as the business is a financial resource available to the parties (section 25(2(a) Matrimonial Causes Act 1973). When...
May 29, 2019 | Family Law, Zara's Blog
Financial Disclosure in Divorce: What is this? When sorting out the finances of the marriage on divorce, before a solicitor is able to proceed with negotiations and offer advice on an appropriate financial settlement, “full, frank and clear” financial disclosure is...
May 28, 2019 | Family Law, Nikol’s Blog
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 an agreement be reached? These are all common (and sometimes difficult!) questions that arise and our guide below aims...
May 14, 2019 | Family Law, Sarah's Blog
At Consilia legal both myself and our family law director Laura Clapton pride ourselves on being experts in family law matters and between us both we have a wealth of experience dealing with complex, high net worth matters. Often with high net worth matters,...
May 9, 2019 | Family Law, Laura's Blog
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 participate within the proceedings and if legally represented they need to give their solicitor clear instructions on how they...
