As the 15th May was International Day of the Family, it seemed the ideal time to provide details on how Wrigley Claydon can assist your family in difficult times. The breakdown of a relationship can be emotionally distressing for all involved, especially for the children who in the majority of cases are exposed to conflict…
Unfortunately this is not the case for Ulrika Johnson, who is reported to be divorcing her third husband. Ulrika has this week announced that she is to separate from her third husband Brian Monet after 11 years of marriage. She is quoted as saying “getting another divorce aged 51 is not where I thought I…
2019 is well underway and so it has seen many celebrities separating and filing for divorce including Toni Braxton and Birdman, Jeff Bezos and his wife Mackenzie, Lady Gaga and Christian Carino and Nicholas Cage and Erika Koike who reportedly submitted an application for annulment. Cage has been married three times before. In the latest…
The Supreme Court is set to hear an appeal by a woman who lost a libel case over posts she made about her ex-husband on Facebook. Nicola Stocker said her husband Ronald Stocker had tried to strangle her, during an online exchange with his new partner Deborah Bligh in December 2012. Mr Stocker won a…
….and they don’t come bigger than that of the world’s richest man, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (aged 54). Mr Bezos’ current net worth of $137 billion (approximately £107 billion) will be shared with his wife (aged 48). Their divorce will be dealt with under the state laws of Washington which operates a “community property” model…
January is always a busy time for Divorce lawyers and today is the day that more people start Divorce proceedings than any other day in the year. HM Courts and Tribunal Service received 455 online Divorce applications between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day with 13 (unlucky for some) submitted on Christmas day itself. The…
Last month from the 26th to the 30th of November was “Good Divorce Week” (is there really such a thing?!) which fell during the governments divorce law consultation. Our divorce law is now over 50 years old. There are over 100,000 couples who start Divorce proceedings each year. You may know that unless you have…
Ministry of Justice announces that from early Spring 2019 Manchester County Court will be piloting extended hours to deal with some types of family cases in the late afternoon/early evenings. Although the details of the pilot in Manchester are not yet fully clear it is believed that what is proposed is an additional court running…
Saturday 18 August has been reported as the most common day in 2018 to tie the knot in the UK. However, since the early 1970s, the number of people actually getting married has steadily decreased, dropping a further 3.4% last year. There have been many theories about why marriage rates are falling, but regardless the…
Louise Brown, the World’s First Baby conceived via IVF was born on the 25th July 1978, at Oldham General Hospital. On 10th November 1977, Louise’s Mother, Lesley Brown underwent a procedure, later to become known as in vitro fertilisation (IVF), developed by Patrick Steptoe, Robert Edwards and Jean Purdy. Patrick Steptoe was a client of…