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Homeless Without A Will
Tue 17 Jan 2012
Being forced to sell your home after your wife/husband/civil partner or partner dies is something which nobody wants to contemplate but sadly, it can happen.
A Better Kind Of Divorce
Tue 06 Dec 2011
The first working day of the New Year is supposedly the busiest day of the year for divorce lawyers. We in the Tods Murray Family Law Team don’t necessarily believe that this is true but each year there are the same reports in the press of a surge in enquiries about divorce and separation after Christmas.
Cohabitation North And South Of The Border
Tue 15 Nov 2011
The English landmark ruling on cohabitees’ property rights highlights just how different the Scottish and English legal systems operate, and the difficulties involved when cohabiting couples separate south of the border.
Trouble and Strife
Mon 26 Sep 2011
Family Law Associate Siobhan Connelly, contributed to this article on collaborative law, which first appeared in the September issue of Scottish Field Magazine. This article has been reproduced with the kind permission of Scottish Field Magazine.
Breaking up is Hard to do: Top 10 Reasons to have a Co-Habitation Agreement
Wed 01 Dec 2010
Nowadays more and more couples are opting to live together before getting married, or indeed instead of getting married. Contrary to popular belief, cohabitating couples do not have the same legal protections as married couples do.
Radmacher v Granatino
Fri 22 Oct 2010
The Supreme Court have issued their judgment in the eagerly awaited case of Radmacher v Granatino dismissing Mr Granatino's appeal. This is an important decision for the law of England and Wales and brings the treatment of pre-nuptial agreements under English law more in line with that in Scotland where pre-nuptial agreements have always been held to be enforceable.
Net Yourself A Baby
Tue 24 Aug 2010
Surrogacy has been in the news lately, and arrangements are becoming more common - with risks to all concerned, as Naomi Pryde, solicitor in Tods Murray's litigation team, describes. This article first appeared in The Journal.
Have your Cake and Eat It!
Fri 04 Jun 2010
In June, our Family Law Team sponsored a feature in CA Magazine about Family Businesses, which discusses how the factors that make them strong, can also make them vulnerable in the event of a marital breakdown or family fallout.
Asset Protection
Thu 13 May 2010
Gordon Cunningham, Partner at Tods Murray, wrote an article on pre-nuptial agreements, post-nuptial agreements and stepping on to the property ladder, for Scottish Field in May 2010.
Death and Divorce: Cautionary Tales
Thu 04 Feb 2010
The following cases underline the need to think about what will happen to your family after your death and to keep your affairs updated if your circumstances change.
Changes to the Child Support Regime
Tue 13 Jan 2009
The Child Support Agency, widely regarded as one of the worst and most inefficient government agencies – a clerical, administrative and legal nightmare – is going to be scrapped. What the CSA does is to assess child support or maintenance payable by what it calls “the non-resident parent” or “NRP” and then recover, or at least attempt to recover, the maintenance from the NRP and then finally administer the payments to “the parent with care” or “PWC”. That’s the theory anyway.
New Option for Separating Couples
Mon 08 Dec 2008
Edinburgh based Core Solutions Group has been the leading provider of mediation services in commercial disputes for some years. It has recently announced a move into the field of mediation in high value family cases, with the appointment of Morag Wise QC as one of its panel of mediators. Morag is recognised as one of the leading specialist advocates in family and matrimonial matters.
Finding Common Ground
Sat 01 Sep 2007
Lucy Metcalf, a senior associate in our Family Law team is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a Family Mediator. Lucy is a very experienced family law solicitor but her mediation training has enabled her to develop new techniques and skills in relation to the resolution of disputes and management of conflict.