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Maria Fiorito explains intricacies of Italian divorce law in The International Comparative Legal Guide

2nd September 2020

Every year, The International Comparative Legal Guides publish a Family Law guide, aiming to explain the differences and complexities between different legal jurisdictions. By collating the expert analysis of legal professionals, these guides offer a practical cross-border insight into family law. For the 2021 edition, Maria Fiorito, a... READ MORE

Dr Dre's Divorce: The importance of prenups

17th August 2020

For most couples, prenuptial agreements (commonly referred to as prenups) are a useful way to avoid future conflict – by agreeing in the best of times what would happen in the worst, lengthy court battles, and the ensuing emotional burden, can be prevented. Reality, however, does not always follow such a smooth path. Now, it seems, prenups... READ MORE

Ayesha Vardag wins Outstanding Achievement in Law Award

11th October 2019

Ayesha Vardag has been awarded the Outstanding Achievement in Law Award at the illustrious GG2 Leadership Awards. The awards, which took place in London last night, celebrate Britain’s most enterprising and talented black, Asian and minority ethnic high achievers. Ayesha was celebrated alongside luminaries at the very top of their... READ MORE

White gave us equality, Radmacher, autonomy: Ayesha Vardag's lecture on the biggest ever family law cases

23rd November 2018

It was a tragic case. There were two sex workers, both with young babies. One died in a tragic cot death, and the mother, in paroxysms of grief, went in the night to the other woman’s bedside. She took the other’s gurgling, sleeping baby and left in its place, her own dead child. When it went to the authorities (and this was... READ MORE

Cohabitation: exposing the myth of the ‘common law marriage’ and distinguishing fact from fiction

21st November 2018

The way we were: historically there was respectable marriage which conferred financial dependence and security on women. Outside, a world of defiance of convention and no rights except minimal support for the child. The way we are: cohabitation has lost stigma and become a parallel life choice. In 2016 there were 3.3 million cohabiting... READ MORE

One Nest or Two?

12th November 2018

There is a lot to think about when you make the life-changing decision to get divorced including, most immediately, the arrangements for the care and long term welfare of children of the family. One size most definitely does not fit all when it comes to the division of time spent by the children with each parent. The court will not have an input... READ MORE

Heterosexual couples to be allowed to enter into civil partnerships

2nd October 2018

Today’s announcement gives opposite-sex couples the same choices which are available to same-sex couples as to how, if at all, they formalise their partnerships. Unmarried couples do not have the same legal protection as those who marry in particular when that relationship breaks down or on the death of one party. They also miss out on... READ MORE

Divorce rates over the century

20th September 2018

The 20th century was a century of decline for marriage. Legal changes in the thirties and then the seventies allowed people to divorce far more easily and changing attitudes began to sweep away the stigma that went with it. Since the 1970s it has become far more common for couples to live together and have children without getting married at... READ MORE

Are uterus transplants a fertility solution of the future?

23rd August 2018

An absent, damaged or diseased uterus prevents embryo implantation and a successful pregnancy. However, the advent of viable uterus transplants raises searching questions about its impact on the future of infertility, fertility treatment and surrogacy. One in 5,000 women are born without a womb in the UK. Hysterectomy is still often used to... READ MORE

Drop in controversial forced adoption cases

20th August 2018

A number of stories appear on the media on forced adoption in the UK, setting out the highly emotional stories of the children being placed for adoption, against the will of loving relatives. In practice, forced adoption is the last resort step that is applied in an extreme situation, where there is no safe way for the child to stay with the... READ MORE

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