Family members of patients who are in intensive care with long Covid - such as Kate Garraway’s husband - are at risk of landing themselves on the wrong side of the law, according to a top lawyer.

As family lawyers we find that wedding season, with its air of romance and celebration, is the perfect time to discuss the often-overlooked aspect of marital planning: finances.

It is becoming more and more common for couples to live together and start a family without getting married or entering into a civil partnership. Until the law catches up in this area, cohabiting couples need to be aware of their limited legal rights.

Judgement has now been handed down in the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (‘the Act’) case of Sargeant v Sargeant & Anor [2018] EWHC 8 (Ch).

Join Peter Lowe, Senior Partner and Lucy Compton, Senior Paralegal in our Family team at Wright Hassall as they go back to basics and discuss the divorce process from start to finish.

In 2018 Pauline Lomax issued proceedings for reasonable financial provision from the estate of her late husband under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.

Court cases involving family trusts might be presumed to be rather dry. Not so. Many family-related disputes involve an unavoidable amount of dirty linen being washed in public as each side seeks to gain the advantage. In Marcus v Marcus, a new level of intimate detail was revealed as the court had to consider if the alleged illegitimacy one of the parties precluded them from benefiting from a Settlement Trust.

Join Peter Lowe, Senior Partner and Lucy Compton, Senior Paralegal in our Family team at Wright Hassall as they discuss a few recent reports highlighting concerns around divorce as well as some shocking statistics they have uncovered.

If you have worked hard all your life to build a business, it is entirely reasonable to want to ensure that you and your family keep your hard-earned gains when you eventually sell.

The ‘nesting’ divorce trend has recently resurged in popularity. Also sometimes referred to as ‘bird nesting’, this method after divorce or separation enables the child(ren) to remain living in the family home with each parent alternating staying in the property for their agreed part of the co-parenting schedule.