Month: April 2018

Baroness Hale of Richmond, President of the Supreme Court, has called for the introduction of no-fault divorces. Appearing at a conference of family law specialists in Bristol, she said that the current rules assigning fault to one party to a marriage can trigger unnecessary conflict and encourage people to accept unfair blame.  She also suggested … Read more

Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, has warned that scores of newly-divorced couples may still be married because of mistakes ranging from submitting petitions too soon after marriage or officials approving divorces before the parties had spent enough time apart. A spokesman for Resolution, the national body of family lawyers, commented, “with the … Read more