Social Media Spying Risks: your social media accounts can be used to spy, stalk or monitor your activities, your movements and your communications with friends. Social media can also be misused to harass you or even impersonate you. 1. Consider deleting all or some of your social media accounts. 2. Change all your passwords on…
Our clients will often wish to change their name following a separation or divorce. Normally, this will be to revert to a maiden name. Frequently, clients will ask for a “deed poll”. However, this will not always be necessary. 1. You can start using a new name without any formal documentation. For many organisations, a…
Buckingham & Stowe Running Club, sponsored by Rainscourt Family Law Solicitors, has been recognised as “Club of the Year” in 2016. Our firm has been proud to support Buckingham & Stowe Running Club over the past several years. Club chairman, Chris Usher, told us that: “We were recognised as “The Club of the Year” at Friday’s…
We are delighted to have been recognised as a “leading firm” by the UK’s authoritative Legal 500 survey. Our aim remains to provide the highest quality family law advice and representation in the region. If you would like to arrange a consultation with one of our solicitors, please contact us. Our office is located in…
Our clients will sometimes choose to change their name after a divorce or separation from a spouse or partner. The Home Office has released a new policy (16/08/16) on how it deals with any requests for a change of name on official documents. The policy can be viewed here: Home Office – Use and Change of…
We are pleased to offer our clients a fixed fee divorce service for £990 (including VAT). We will prepare a sole divorce or dissolution application for your approval, based on the ground that the marriage has broken down irretrievably. We will send a letter to your spouse or their solicitor to provide them with the…
The UK Ministry of Justice has implemented an increase in court fees which will take effect next Monday, 21 March 2016. This increase will apply to all the court fees which are commonly used in family law cases: The fee to divorce (or end a civil partnership) will increase from £410 to £550. Contested applications in…
Exceptional family law solicitor sought to join our firm in central Milton Keynes. You will have extensive experience in complex private family law litigation. You are a successful advocate in the Family Court with a proven track record. You are able to confidently advise on and manage your own cases involving HNW individuals and international…
A Guest Blog by Martha Gray, barrister at 42 Bedford Row. Despite an increasing number of couples choosing to cohabit and have children without getting married the myth of “common law marriage” persists. In fact, although cohabitants do have some legal protection in several areas, cohabitation gives no general legal status to a couple. Unmarried…
UNSETTLING SETTLEMENTS: SETTING ASIDE CONSENT ORDERS ON THE GROUND OF MATERIAL NON-DISCLOSURE A Guest Blog by Julia Townend, barrister at 4 Paper Buildings. Litigants in financial remedies proceedings often face a difficult conundrum: To settle outside of court or at a Financial Dispute Resolution Hearing on the basis of sometimes less than satisfactory financial information…