The Government has introduced a Bill to reform the process for obtaining a divorce in England & Wales. The purpose of these changes is to remove the requirement to prove that a marriage has broken down irretrievably. In future, either spouse will be able to end a marriage without evidence of fault. In this country…
The UK Office for National Statistics releases annual reports on divorce numbers and facts. The latest release from September 2018 covers divorces granted in 2017. Each year, we take a look at the numbers to draw out interesting or unexpected facts about modern divorces in England & Wales. Millennials are half as likely to be…
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The Government has committed to introducing a new domestic abuse bill, following its recent consultation process. You can read more about the history of this bill in our previous blog. The Government has published its proposals here: Transforming the Response to Domestic Abuse: Consultation Response and Draft Bill It is proposed that the new bill…
The UK Ministry of Justice has recently published its latest quarterly statistics for the Family Court in England & Wales. These figures show the increasing delay experienced by divorce petitions in the UK courts. The average time from divorce petition to decree nisi was 31 weeks (over 7 months). This is an increase of 29%…
The average marriage in England & Wales will last for 30 years. The majority of marriages will end with the death of a spouse. Most online sources incorrectly report the average length of a marriage as 11-12 years. In a previous blog, we reported that the average (median) length of a marriage for divorces granted in…
Women initiate the majority of divorces in opposite sex marriages. Women also have a significantly higher divorce rate in single sex marriages and civil partnerships. We have over 100 years of data for divorces between men and women in England and Wales. Since 1924, there has been a consistent trend of women being granted the…
We are pleased to learn that we have been given two awards in our field. Three Best Rated have chosen us as top family law solicitors in Milton Keynes. They check business “reviews, reputation, history, complaints, ratings, satisfaction, nearness, trust, cost, general excellence”. Feedspot have judged our divorce blog to be 3rd best in the UK…
According the latest data from Google Trends, people in West London were most likely to be searching for divorce related information, with Edgware, Hayes, Hounslow and Wembley all making the top 5 hotspots in the UK in 2018. The West Midlands was well represented, with West Bromwich and Worcester both making the top 10 hotspots….
If your marriage has broken down beyond repair, who should take the first step towards divorce? In most cases in England & Wales, it is better to be the spouse who starts the divorce process. Here’s why: 1. You will control the timetable You will choose when the divorce petition is first sent to the…