How are pensions divided on divorce? Pensions can often be a major asset within a marriage, possibly as valuable as the equity in your home. There are different types of pensions that can be divided. They can be work related or personal. The basic state pension cannot be divided but it is possible to share … Read more
Scotts Wright have welcomed Allen Bailey to the team. Based at our Catterick Garrison office, Allen has specialised in family law since he qualified in 1982. He ran his own practice for 17 years before he and his family moved from Kent in 2002 to the north of England. For more information about Allen, please … Read more
Scotts Wright have said goodbye to their former head of the Family Department, Jill Cameron, who is moving with her husband to Cheshire, leaving the Yorkshire Dales. All her colleagues wish Jill (pictured right) all the best for her future. New member of staff appointed Scotts Wright have this month welcomed Allen Bailey who hails from the … Read more
A professional, friendly and approachable Resolution member is required for our busy practice based at Catterick Garrison and Leyburn, North Yorkshire. The applicant should be capable of managing and developing the Family Law Department across both offices. The position requires dealing with all aspects of family law, but with particular emphasis on financial remedy orders … Read more
Despite calls from many prominent members of the legal profession – including a call from Nigel Shepherd, the new Resolution National Chair, the government has confirmed to the House of Lords that it has no plans to reform divorce law by introducing a “no fault” divorce. A You Gov poll, published on the 17th February 2017, … Read more
There have been two recent cases,Wyatt v Vince [2015] and Briers v Briers [2017], where the courts have had to consider financial claims long after the former spouses divorced. In the most recent case of Briers, the parties married in 1984, separated in 2002 and were divorced in 2005. Finances weren’t dealt with at that … Read more
Gary Lineker has made comments recently, following his divorce from his former wife, Danielle Bux, to the effect that there should be a “mathematical equation” to help divorcing couples avoid what he called the “manipulative behaviour” of lawyers. Lineker accused solicitors of finding ways to make separating couples spend more money, thereby fuelling acrimony between … Read more
Nigel Shepherd, the new Resolution national chair, has used his first speech in the role to call for “no fault” divorce. Mr Shepherd said: “It’s wrong – and actually bordering on cruel – to say to couples: if you want to move on with your lives… one of you has to blame the other”. But that is … Read more
A recent report from the charity Citizens Advice, has found that litigants in person (people who go to Court without legal representation) face dire consequences for their finances, their health, as well as the outcome of their case. The report says that the stress and pressures on those going to Court without representation means that they achieve … Read more