Articles by ‘Simon Bassett’

A woman who previously said she would be willing to go to jail in her fight for a fair divorce settlement was last week sent to prison.

A businessman has been warned he will go to prison unless he complies with the terms of an order, which requires him to pay his ex-wife hundreds of thousands of pounds.

New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have highlighted a growing number of older people electing to end their marriage.

Judge Jeremy Lea has claimed that a social worker’s report, which was being used in a family court case to decide on the adoption of two children, was so poorly written that it would have meant the same to the involved parties had it been “in a foreign language”.

More married couples are reportedly getting divorced during the later stages of their lives, following the introduction of new pension freedom rules in April.

A scorned wife who turned her £2m marital home into a ‘fortress’ after her rich husband divorced her has been ordered to leave after a three-year bitter dispute.

The average time taken to conclude private family law cases has increased, claims legal organisation Resolution.

A businessman has been warned he will go to prison unless he complies with the terms of an order, which requires him to pay his ex-wife hundreds of thousands of pounds.

A mother has successfully argued that loans were part of her ex-husband’s income, and should therefore be included for the purpose of the child support maintenance assessment.

The father, described as a “highly skilled person testing computer software”, declared that his earned income was just £12,345 per annum net of tax.

A father who forced his daughter to marry a 30-year-old man, on her 14th birthday, has been jailed after the girl sought police help.

A shake-up of the family court network will see 40 per cent of all divorce work in England and Wales go through the same hub.

Family lawyers and mediators across the country are joining forces with UK charity Kids in the Middle (KITM) to offer valuable support to children experiencing a family break-up.