Articles by ‘Simon Bassett’

Changes to EU law will mean that citizens will no longer be required to have marriage certificates translated and certified if they move to another member state.

A tycoon who made his millions years after divorcing his ex-wife has been ordered to pay her a £300,000 lump sum a quarter of a century on.

Almost a third of British couples admit that ‘financial security’ is the main reason that they are still with their current partner – and those who have left an unhappy relationship claim that they ‘stayed longer than they should have’ for financial reasons.

A leading academic has said that statistics would seem to suggest that the so-called “seven year itch” is a real phenomenon.

A working party of leading lawyers and therapists is to be created to deal with the problem of parental alienation.

An increasing number of divorce petitions are being returned to senders due to administrative and technical errors.

The ex-wife of a wealthy businessman has been told she can keep her £3.5million divorce settlement.

Back in 2014, around 70,000 people signed a petition calling for mothers’ names to be added to the forms used in England and Wales.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Hugo Swire has confirmed that the UK Government will issue internationally recognised ‘next-of-kin’ letters to married British same-sex couples on request.

New research suggests that around one in five married or cohabiting couples are close to breaking-up.

Divorce in Britain among the over-50s is increasingly on the rise, say recent figures published by the Office of National Statistics.

A woman who expected to be awarded £6million during divorce proceedings was left with just £36,000 after her husband died before a settlement could be finalised.