No Fault Divorce

Last week over 150 Resolution members gathered in Parliament to call for ‘No Fault Divorce’.

Resolution represents family justice professionals including the Family Solicitors at Girlings Solicitors who are committed to supporting couples to achieve a solution to family disputes in a non-confrontational way. Currently parties...

'No Fault Divorce'

On 13 October 2015 there is to be a motion debated in the House of Commons as to whether there should be the introduction of a 'no fault divorce'. At present whilst the single ground for a divorce or civil partnership dissolution in England and Wales is that the marriage has irretrievably broken down, to prove this specific facts have to be shown, such as adultery, unreasonable behaviour,...

2015 Autumn Statement: key property announcements

On 25 November 2015, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement and made the following key property announcements:

Prioritising Housing in London: The government has continued to attempt to tackle the lack of housing, particularly low cost housing. Prioritising housing in London has long been on the agenda and it is good to see that...

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A bleak future for variation-in-writing clauses?

A clause specifying that all variations to a contract must be in writing is a common clause in commercial contracts of every description. Such clauses create certainty between the parties.

The Court of Appeal has however recently cast doubt on the effectiveness of variation-in-writing clauses in the case of Globe Motors Inc v TRW Lucas Varity Electric Steering Ltd [2016...