Case Study: Achieving the right financial outcome for the whole family
Our client had separated from her husband. She wanted to retain the family home but could not afford the mortgage repayments on her income. Their two children were happy and...
Our client had separated from her husband. She wanted to retain the family home but could not afford the mortgage repayments on her income. Their two children were happy and...
Our client, the father, did not want the mother to relocate from Scotland to the Far East with the couple’s five year old child. The mother was from the Far...
21st century Scotland has proudly recognised and promoted the importance of equality for all couples no matter their sexual orientation. After a series of radical changes to the law, Scotland...
The impact of COVID-19 reaches beyond a risk to public health and well-being. The damage the coronavirus will have on our economy is becoming increasingly more apparent. Many...
This short statement is intended to offer general advice to parents and carers whose children are the subject of orders made by a court relating to parental responsibilities and rights,...
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Guidance has been issued over the past few days with regard to both Criminal and Civil business. That guidance requires to be updated following the stringent restrictions put in place by...
The world is gripped in the COVID-19 corona virus crisis. The government is taking steps that have never been taken in living memory. Many clients have already been in touch...
We have received confirmation today from the courts that all civil court business will be suspended at least until 19th June. This means that any hearings fixed between now and...
In 2006 there was a radical change in Scottish law. For the first time ever, couples who lived together but weren’t married were given some legal protection. At the time...
Society has changed enormously since 1995 when the last major piece of legislation about children came into law in Scotland. We now have same sex marriages, laws on surrogacy and...
The division of assets on the breakdown of a marriage can be very difficult, as the funds which once comfortably managed to support one family unit, now have to support...