It has been reported that divorce lawyers are warning that judges are clamping down on the so-called ‘meal ticket for life’ divorces, by increasingly telling rich wives that they should go out and get a job, rather than rely on maintenance from their former husbands. The lawyers are saying that there has been a marked […]
Rich wives, FGM and child abuse: The last week in family law
It has been reported that divorce lawyers are warning that judges are clamping down on the so-called ‘meal ticket for life’ divorces, by increasingly telling rich wives that they should go out and get a job, rather than rely on maintenance from their former husbands. The lawyers are saying that there has been a marked […]
Care leavers, legal aid awards and a £75m settlement: The last week in family law
A woman who claims that her former civil partner, who died in 2013, failed to disclose business assets worth millions of pounds during the dissolution of their relationship, has taken her case to the Court of Appeal. Helen Roocroft had been in an 18-year relationship with her property tycoon partner, Carol Ann Ainscow, until they […]
Care leavers, legal aid awards and a £75m settlement: The last week in family law
A woman who claims that her former civil partner, who died in 2013, failed to disclose business assets worth millions of pounds during the dissolution of their relationship, has taken her case to the Court of Appeal. Helen Roocroft had been in an 18-year relationship with her property tycoon partner, Carol Ann Ainscow, until they […]
MIAMs, care proceedings and child maintenance: The last week in family law
More than a quarter of councils have been judged “inadequate” by Ofsted inspectors, with three-quarters in total rated as less than “good”. Ofsted’s Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw described the findings, in the latest annual Ofsted social care report, as unacceptable, saying that the child protection system was permeated by “widespread levels of mediocre provision”, […]
A murder, child cruelty and Brexit: The last week in family law
Former High Court judge Mrs Justice Hogg has been heavily criticised in the media and elsewhere, following the conviction of Ben Butler for murdering his daughter Ellie. Ellie had been removed from her father’s care after her father had been arrested for assaulting her, an offence for which he was later convicted. In 2007 the […]
A murder, child cruelty and Brexit: The last week in family law
Former High Court judge Mrs Justice Hogg has been heavily criticised in the media and elsewhere, following the conviction of Ben Butler for murdering his daughter Ellie. Ellie had been removed from her father’s care after her father had been arrested for assaulting her, an offence for which he was later convicted. In 2007 the […]
