Iwona Durlak
Articles by Iwona Durlak
21 Mar 2019
‘No-fault’ divorce to spare couples the emotional stress of finding blame
The UK could witness a new ‘no fault’ divorce system in the upcoming months. The government is preparing to review the current law, with a view to introduce a reform to offer couples the opportunity to end their marriage without fault-finding divorce proceedings. But what could this reform mean for the legal world? Current position […]
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8 Mar 2019
New Sentencing Guidelines for offences involving Child Cruelty
On 1st of January 2019 the Sentencing Council published new sentencing guidelines regarding child cruelty offences. The guidelines cover the following offences: It is important to note that the cases charged before that day might be affected by the new guidelines if the sentencing is to take place after 1st of January 2019. Mrs Justice […]
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1 Mar 2019
The benefits of a clean break agreement on divorce, even if you have no assets
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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14 Feb 2019
I need to divorce my millionaire partner. Where do I begin?
How to begin the divorce process As you can imagine, with high net worth assets and ultra high net worth assets the process of divorcing and distributing those assets is not always a straightforward process. It can sometimes be the case that with the parties having international connections one party might be keen on divorcing […]
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28 Jan 2019
Disagreements and decisions about your children
If you are separated or divorced, you will probably have an arrangement with your ex-partner dealing with where your children live and how often they see their other parent. However, a specific issue might arise not covered by this agreement and on which you do not see eye to eye, for example if one of […]
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25 Jan 2019
Ex policeman claims that Family law ‘does not need lawyers’ as he sets up a McKenzie friends website and start up.
What happened? It was recently reported in the Law Gazette former police officer, Philip Kedge, intends to launch a website known as Blue Light McKenzie Friends with the intention of linking up with 100 former police offices and helping ‘Litigants in Person’, i.e. those who are representing themselves. Information taken from Mr Kedge’s website states […]
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24 Jan 2019
Important changes for single applicants and surrogacy
Before 3rd January in order to obtain a Parental Order for your child born through surrogacy, there needed to be two applicants (two intended parents). Finally this has changed and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 (the “Remedial Order”) now permits single applicants. In the interim this left many without necessary […]
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18 Dec 2018
Who has parental responsibility and what does it mean?
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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15 Nov 2018
Surrogacy in the UK: understanding the options
The number of children being born through a surrogacy arrangement has soared in recent years, with celebrity couples such as Elton John and David Furnish, and Kim Kardashian and Kanye West hitting the headlines. Surrogacy arrangements, whether they are made formally or informally and where everyone involved lives in the UK, have been regulated by […]
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