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Separation and Divorce

1. New Hamilton Office Opening

   We are pleased to announce the opening of our new Hamilton office as part of the ongoing growth of the firm. The office is based in the Brandon House Business Centre next to the bus station in Hamilton. The new new office allows us to offer appointments to clients in the centre of Hamilton which […]

   16th January 2020 9:47 am Read more →

2. Family Law – It’s In The Game

   We were more than a little surprised to hear that University of Glasgow academics are developing a board game to help the public negotiate the complex legal world of marriage. The new board game prototype is called Legally Wed. It has been inspired by the work of academics at the university’s School of Law – […]

   11th January 2020 3:17 pm Read more →

3. Relationships And Legal Issues

   Relationships And The Law Earlier this year, Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, lost their Court of Appeal case, in which they sought the right to be able to enter into a civil partnership, instead of a marriage. The couple reject the traditional notion of marriage and wanted a civil partnership which is currently only available […]

   28th August 2017 10:30 pm Read more →

4. Cohabitation – Don’t Take Things For Granted

   The Office for National Statistics recently published figures relating to the make-up of families across the UK. It highlighted that the number of cohabiting couple families has grown considerably in recent years. The figures from the ONS show that cohabiting couple families grew by 29.7% between 2005 and 2015, to a total of 3.2 million, […]

   29th February 2016 10:33 am Read more →

5. Family Is What You Make It

   Family Is What You Make It What is a family? Is it something the law can define? How does Scot’s law adapt to this ever changing term? Historically in Scotland, like in many other jurisdictions, the nuclear family was the primary family unit. This simply encompassed a married man and woman and their children, and […]

   28th February 2016 5:01 pm Read more →

6. Law Society Respond To To Legal Aid Cuts

   Legal aid budget for 2016-17 Responding to the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget for 2016-17, announced yesterday, Christine McLintock, president of the Law Society of Scotland, made the following statement to legal aid practitioners: “The 2016-17 budget allocation for the legal aid fund has been set at £126.1 million, the lowest it has been for well […]

   14th January 2016 9:39 pm Read more →

7. Separation – Views of Children Recorded By Poll

   Poll Records Views of Children of Separating Parents Separation can be a difficult process to undergo for the adults whose relationship is coming to an end. It can also be a very difficult time for the children of the separating couple but there can be a risk that their views can be overlooked when decisions […]

   13th January 2016 11:51 am Read more →

8. Legal Aid Budget Cuts

   There have been significant Legal Aid cuts in Scotland in recent years. These cuts have dramatically restricted access to justice for Scotland’s poorest families. These cuts began to be introduced before the financial crisis and before austerity measures were introduced in other sectors. Therefore, legal aid had already been reduced to a skeleton service before […]

   4th January 2016 9:47 pm Read more →