Controversial Divorce Case Reaches Supreme Court

 The highly publicised contested-divorce case, Owens v Owens, has now been heard by the UK’s Supreme Court. 

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Court of Justice Considers Grandmother’s Right of Access to Grandchild

An Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has given his opinion in a case concerning the rights of grandparents to see their grandchildren. 

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Power of attorney fee refund scheme launched

  All those eligible for a partial refund on their power of attorney fees can apply from 1 February 2018. The refunds are being offered to those who may have been charged more than was necessary to apply to register lasting or enduring powers of attorney between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2017. During this period, the Office of the Public Guardian’s (OPG) operating costs came down as more people applied to register a power of attorney and the process became more efficient, but the application fee charged was not reduced in line with this. The Ministry of Justice…

Cohabiting couples ‘at risk if their relationship breaks down’

Widespread belief in the myth of common law marriage is putting millions of cohabiting couples at risk of financial hardship if their relationship breaks down. The warning comes from the family law group, Resolution, after it commissioned a survey showing that most cohabitants don’t realise that they don’t have the same automatic rights as married couples. The survey revealed that: two-thirds of people in cohabiting relationships are unaware that there is no such as thing as ‘common-law marriage’ in this country four in five cohabitants agree that the legal rights of cohabiting couples who separate are unclear 79…